Stark County v. Koch

MORRIS, Judge.

This is an action to have an instrument denominated a “trust mortgage” declared a mortgage and foreclosed. By that instrument Katharina Koch purported to sell and convey to the County of Stark, State of North Dakota, a quarter section of land located in Stark County “in trust for the purposes and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 22 of Chapter 211 of the 1937 Session Laws of North Dakota.” It was also provided that the trust mortgage constituted a lien to secure all moneys advanced as old age assistance, with interest thereon at three per cent per annum. It is dated…