Cline v. Robbins

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment in favor of plaintiff.

It is averred in the complaint that on November 5, 1890, plaintiff executed a certain deed of conveyance of certain property known as the Cline Water Works and appurtenances to the defendant: that while said deed upon its face conveyed the title of said property to defendant, yet it was intended by the parties to be a mortgage as security for the payment by plaintiff to defendant of the sum of seven hundred and eighty-five dollars, with interest at nine per cent per annum, and that it was understood between said parties that…