Dalton v. Miller

The defendants Louis H. Miller and Abe Moss were associated in business, and incident to a transaction which has nothing to do with the issues in this case, the plaintiff Robert A. Dalton on January 23, 1923, gave two promissory notes amounting to $625 which were held by Miller. To secure payment of these notes Dalton and his wife executed a warranty deed of 40 acres of valuable land in Wayne county, in which deed Miller was named as grantee. The land conveyed was then subject to two mortgages aggregating $11,200. The warranty deed was delivered to Moss, and he gave back to Dalton a written…