Lewis v. Miller

Sam RobiNsoet, Associate Justice.

The issue here is whether an instrument which, on its face, purports to he a deed, is in fact a mortgage. Appellees, I. 0. Miller and Helen M. Miller, own a home in Fayetteville which was mortgaged to a building and loan association. In 1941, the mortgage was foreclosed and the property sold at the foreclosure sale to a Mr. Parks. H. 0. Davis was a friend and neighbor of the Millers; after having seen an account of the sale in a local newspaper, he called on the Millers and offered his assistance in saving their home for them; of course, this was agreeable to…