Kerr v. Garrison

This action was commenced by the defendant in error to foreclose a real estate mortgage executed by Irene Waite Kerr on May 29, 1920. Judgment was rendered foreclosing the mortgage, from which an appeal has been taken. Mrs. Kerr was a married woman at the time of the execution of the mortgage, but, according to the finding of the trial court, her husband had abandoned her for more than one year prior to the time of the execution of the mortgage. Mrs. Kerr and her minor children were occupying the property in controversy as their home at the time of the execution of the mortgage. The…