Conwell v. Evill

Evill filed a bill in chancery against Con-well and Lewis, for the redemption of a lot of ground in the town of Aurora, which lot, as alleged in the bill, had been mortgaged by the complainant to Conwell. The deed, referred to in the bill, is a conveyance absolute on its face, by Lewis to Conwell. The answer of Conwell expressly denies that the deed was intended to be a mortgage; and asserts that it is, and was intended to be, an absolute conveyance. Lewis’s answer is to the same effect. The decree of the Circuit Court is in favour of the complainant.

Lewis, as appears by the evidence, had an…