Wead v. Gray

This is a suit in which plaintiff asks the-cancellation of two deeds of trust on certain real estate in Kirkwood, St. Louis county, and the facts of the case areas follows:

Spencer Smith was seized of said real estate in fee,, *60and, in July, 1861, he borrowed of Mrs. McLean $1,000, for which he executed his note and a deed of trust on said real estate to secure it. In 1866 he borrowed of M. L. Gray $2,482, for which he executed his note and a deed of trust on the same property. In 1870 Smith died leaving a will, by which he devised said real estate to his wife Rachel. The two notes above…