Howard v. Steen

Stukes, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs, who are now appellants, brought this action in May, 1953, for the possession of a tract of land containing 200 acres, more or less, in Chesterfield County, conveyed to them by the defendants by their general warranty deed dated May 1, 1939, which the defendants claimed was given as security for the payment of, quoting from the answer, “about $225.00, then loaned by plaintiffs”, and that, therefore, the deed was intended as a mortgage.

It is settled by a long line of decisions, from Arnold v. Mattison, 3 Rich. Eq. 153, to Evans v. Evans, 226 S. C. 451, 85 S. E.…