Kozina v. J. B. Watkins Lumber Co.

This is an action in equity to redeem from two real-estate, mortgages as the equitable owner thereof, and for an accounting.

The plaintiff’s amended petition discloses the* following facts: Early in 1925, the plaintiff, a building contractor, purchased by contract lot 16, block 2, Begley Park, an addition to the city of Omaha, and began the construction of a residence thereon for investment purposes. To complete the building and replenish his working capital, he deeded the property to his wife without consideration save their mutual covenants, under an oral agreement with her that the property…