Webb v. Stewart

Plaintiff Jodie Webb brought this suit in equity to cancel a deed from plaintiff to defendant Myron J. Stewart covering plaintiff’s residence property along with deeds subsequently made by Stewart to defendant Cascadia Development Incorporated, and also to cancel a trust deed which Cascadia executed to secure a loan from defendant Ethel M. Wilson.

The trial court entered a decree cancelling the deeds to Stewart and Cascadia but held that the trust deed with Ethel M. Wilson as beneficiary was a prior lien and superior to plaintiff’s claim of title. The effect of the trust deed is challenged by…