Snodgrass v. Thomson

The plaintiff in error was defendant below and the defendant in error was plaintiff below. They will be so referred to here.

This case involves the question of whether a quitclaim deed given by the defendant to the plaintiff was a deed or a mortgage. The land in question was the south half of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter (S/2 NW/4 NW/4) of section 17, township 3 north, range 2 east I.M., Garvin county, Oklahoma. The defendant acquired title to the land in January, 1924, by warranty deed, but subject to a mortgage to James Thomson for $450. The defendant, due to reverses, was…