Evans v. Robertson

On April 4, 1925, J. A. Robertson owned certain lots in the city of Rogers, on which his residence stood and in which he resided with his wife, Zeva Robertson, and their infant son. They were in debt on the place to the extent of about seven hundred dollars, and applied to Ira D. Swearingen for a loan of that amount to discharge the indebtedness. Swearingen declined to make the loan, for the reason that he was unwilling to incur the expense of a possible foreclosure, but he agreed to take a warranty deed to the property and to execute an agreement to reconvey it at any time within one year…