Johnson v. Glenn

A mortgagewas made in the year eighteen hundredand seventy-nine, by Helen W. Johnson to John C. Backus, to secure the payment of eleven thousand dollars. By mesne conveyances, in course of time, it became vested in John Glenn, Junior, and George Whitelock, the appellees. The assignees have made sales of the mortgaged property, and the only question in this case is whether they are entitled to commissions for making the sale. In case of default the mortgagee, or John Glenn, his attorney, was authorized, by the terms of the mortgage, to sell the property and apply the proceeds of sale, in the…