Gant v. Washington

GRAVES, Justice.

The suit was in trespass to try title to property commonly known as 2909 Avenue M in the city of Galveston, brought by Louise Washington, appellee, against I. Gant and his wife, Jane Gant, the present appellant, under averments to the effect that the appellee had deeded the land to appellants by an instrument in the form of a duly executed warranty deed reciting a consideration of $275, which in fact had been intended at the time by all parties to it to be merely a mortgage as security for debt, and that the real consideration for its execution and delivery had been the…