Brophy v. Downey
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Boiv County; John Lindsay, Judge. ActioN by Patrick J. Brophy against Patrick Downey and wife. From an order granting a new: trial after a nonsuit,, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pigott
Action by the plaintiff, as assignee, upon a promissory note-made by the defendants to J. H. Smith & Co. on December 16,. 1891. The complaint states the execution, assignment and non-payment of the note, and judgment is demanded for the-amount thereof. The only defense pleaded which need be-mentioned is to the effect that the defendants at the time they made the note executed a mortgage on land to: secure its payment, and that the mortgage has not been foreclosed. The plaintiff treats the plea as stating facts sufficient to- constitute, a defense, and we shall assume that it does. No reply…
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