Bank of Mulberry v. Hawkins

Appellant was the holder of a mortgage on certain lots in Mulberry, Arkansas, to secure a note of $10,000 executed to it by S. B. Hawkins. Appellee and his brothers occupied the building on said premises, and operated a grocery store and grist mill therein. Appellee later retired from the firm of Hawkins Brothers, and the building was later rented to others, but the personal property involved in this action was permitted to remain in the building. The note for which said mortgage was given not being paid at maturity, appellant foreclosed same in the chancery court, and purchased the property…