11 Tenn. 124 | Tenn. | 1832
delivered the opinion of the court.
That the assignment of complainant’s portion of his father’s estate, exhibited with the bill, is to be treated and considered as a mortgage, is not seriously questioned; and if it were, the court is of opinion there is abundant evidence in this record to give it that character.— The indorsement made on the deed by Hudson, that Goodwin was to have the property upon the payment of the $400; the credit for $100, which is admitted to be genuine, and which specifies said payment as part of the money advanced by Hudson, in consequence of Goodwin’s part of his father’s estate; and the concurrent testimony of many witnesses, that both parties always considered and treated the assignment as a mortgage; all taken together, remove all doubt as to its true character. The next question is, whether the money advanced' to him has been repaid, so as to entitle the complainant
Decree affirmed.