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        "text": "Kirby, J.\nThis is a suit in chancery to declare a deed, absolute on its face, a mortgage, for an accounting and redemption of the land conveyed, and from a decree in favor of appellee, refusing to grant the relief prayed, this appeal comes.\nThe testimony is in sharp conflict, and it may be that there is a bare preponderance of it in favor of appellant.\nThe deed being absolute in form, the burden was upon appel\u2019ant to show that it was a mortgage, the law presuming that an instrument is what it appears on its face to be, an absolute conveyance; and, in the absence of fraud or imposition, the proof to overcome this presumption and establish its character as a mortgage must be clear, unequivocal and convincing. Hays v. Emerson, 75 Ark. 551; Rushton v. McIllvene, 88 Ark. 299.\nWe are unable to say that the chancellor erred in holding the evidence insufficient to overcome the presumption arising from the deed of absolute conveyance, that it is what it purports to be, and the decree is affirmed.",
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      "J. F. Wills and C. L. O\u2019Daniel, for appellant.",
      "W. Gorman, S. H. Mann and J. W. Morrow, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Edwards v. Bond.\nOpinion delivered November 18, 1912.\nMortgages \u2014 absolute deed \u2014 burden of proof. \u2014 Where a deed is absolute in form, the burden is upon him who claims that it is a mortgage to prove same by evidence that is clear, unequivocal and convincing.\nAppeal- from St. Francis Chancery Court'; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor;\naffirmed.\nJ. F. Wills and C. L. O\u2019Daniel, for appellant.\nW. Gorman, S. H. Mann and J. W. Morrow, for appellee.\nAn instrument, absolute on its face, is presumed by law to be what it purports to be, and to overcome this presumption the evidence must be clear, unequivocal and convincing. 88 Ark. 299; 75 Ark. 551."
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