Burrows v. McCalley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

In the year 1885 Robert M. McCalley and Andrew McCalley (their wives joining with them) executed a mortgage upon certain real estate in Walla Walla county to one Pierce to secure a loan of $12,000. Upon the mortgaged premises there was a large merchant flouring mill, and the mortgage contained a covenant to keep the improvements insured “ in a sum equal to half the cost value and to have the losses in case of fire, made payable to the party of the second part [Pierce] as his interest may appear.”

Andrew McOalley and his wife and Eobert…