Phillips v. Phoenix Trust Co.

This case comes to the writer on reassignment. February 21, 1929, appellant filed this suit against respondents: Phoenix Trust Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, corporations and Robert L. Motley in the Circuit Court of Pike County to cancel and declare void two deeds of trust on appellant's land. On application for a change of venue the cause was transferred to Ralls County where the case was tried and judgment rendered against appellant. An appeal was granted to the St. Louis Court of Appeals. The cause was transferred to this court on the ground that title to real estate was…