Shelp v. Decker

This suit was instituted in the form of trespass to try title by appel-lee against appellants to recover the title and possession of a certain lot in the city of Houston, Harris county, Tex. Appellants answered by a plea of not guilty, and specially that the deeds from them to appellee, upon which his title to the land rested, though in form an absolute deed, were executed under an agreement that they were to constitute a mortgage. Appellee was awarded the lot in controversy under a verdict instructed by the court.

Appellee offered in evidence a warranty deed from Mrs. Elizabeth M. Shelp…