Sparks v. State Bank

— This was a bill in chancery filed by the State Bank of Indiana against William S. Durbin, Eliza Durbin, Willis Peak, George Roberts, The Lawrenceburgh . Insurance Company, Jacob Hayes, Enoch D. John, Green Sparks, and Norval Sparks.

The bill states that on the 24th of January, 1840, Durbin became indebted to the complainant, by a promissory note of that date, in the sum of 6,000 dollars; and that on the same day, Durbin and his wife, to secure the payment of the debt, executed a mortgage to the complainant, and “ thereby granted, bargained, sold, and conveyed to the complainant and assigns…