Dern v. Hitshew

Blume, Justice.

On May 9, 1921, Minnie E. Dern, also known as Ethel, and Clinton Dern, her husband, plaintiffs in this action, executed to George W. Hitshew, father of Minnie E. Dern, a mortgage in the usual form, including covenants of ownership, on 640 acres of land in Niobrara County, Wyoming, securing their note for $6000, and on July 13, 1921, they further executed a second mortgage on the same land to George W. Hitshew, securing their note for $8000. Mrs. Dern was apparently the owner of the property mortgaged at the time of the execution of these instruments, and according to her…