Preston v. Littlefield

— Respondent, as plaintiff, instituted this action by serving and filing a complaint in which she alleged that the defendants Littlefield, on May 25, 1929, held title to certain described real estate in Pierce county by virtue of an unrecorded deed in which Ralph "W. Littlefield was named as grantee. That, on the day mentioned, Ralph W. Littlefield delivered the deed mentioned to the plaintiff as a pledge to secure the repayment of a certain indebtedness (amount not disclosed) then owing by the defendants Littlefield to the plaintiff.

Subsequently, oral promises were made by Littlefield to…