Kerby v. Field

Appellant prosecutes this appeal to reverse a decree of the chancery court refusing to declare certain deeds, absolute in form, to be mortgages, and to allow Mm to redeem from same, and to declare certain tracts of said real estate to be held in trust by appellee for appellant; and also to reverse a decree settling an account between the parties extending over several years.

Appellant became contractor for a road improvement district in Saline County, Arkansas, and appellee became surety on his bond. They had litigation with the road district for the collection of certificates of indebtedness…