Whitchurch v. Doughty

The parties to this cause will be referred to according to their relative positions in the trial court.

The plaintiff, Lloyd Doughty, sued the defendants Clifton G. Whitchurch and Dora Mae Whitchurch to recover on their two-year promissory note of $1,500, then one year overdue, and to foreclose a real estate mortgage given in security thereof, subject to a prior mortgage of $2,000 with accrued interest and certain accrued taxes.

The petition was in the usual form. After intermediate pleadings, defendant by answer admitted execution of the note and mortgage sued on, and for further answer…