Campbell

In April, 1882, A. G. Anderson, the appellant’s interstate, being about to purchase a tract of land, made a verbal agreement with the plaintiff that the plaintiff should loan him $800 with which to make the purchase, and that the conveyance should be made by the vendor directly to the plaintiff, who should hold the title as security for the money so loaned, and also for all other moneys which he should thereafter loan to or advance for him, and that Anderson should *547 take possession of the property so conveyed. In pursuance of this agreement the conveyance was made to the plaintiff, and the purchase-money therefor was paid by the plaintiff to the vendor, and Anderson entered into the possession of the property and remained in possession thereof until his death in 1889, making valuable improvements thereon. After the purchase the plaintiff loaned other sums of money to Anderson, and made payments on his account, in pursuance of the aforesaid agreement, amounting to $2,419, for which, on the sixth day of June, 1889, he executed to the plaintiff his promissory note. After this date the plaintiff made still other payments for the account of Anderson, under the said agreement, and…