Decatur Lumber & Supply Co. v. Baker

Head, Justice.

The controlling questions in this case are whether the language in the deed to secure debt from William M. Earnest to the defendant, “or any other present or future indebtedness or liability of mine to second party,” included the indebtedness on open account (later reduced to judgments) of Earnest to the defendant, and. whether such language was so unambiguous as to preclude the introduction of oral testimony contradicting the terms of the deed as to the intention of the parties.

These questions have been fully decided by previous decisions of this court, construing similar…