Starritt v. Longcor

This action was brought by Clem Starritt against Chas B. Longcor and George Cassidy praying that a deed covering 160 acres of land in Garfield county be declared a mortgage; that the defendants be required to receive the payment of the amount tendered as due; that the deed be canceled, and that plaintiff recover possession of the lands.

The defendants answered denying that, the deed in question was a mortgage. . The defendant, Chas B. Longcor, asserted title to the lands under the deed and pleaded that he was a purchaser from J. S. Ellis, the grantee in the deed, for value and without notice…