Preston v. Hodgen

This was a suit in equity, brought by defendant in error in the Logan Circuit Court, against plaintiffs in error and a number of other persons. The bill alleges that Enoch Preston and James Maltby purchased of James Primm several'tracts of land in Logan county, for which they agreed to pay him $6,000; that to secure-the purchase money, they, at the same time, executed three promissory notes, payable to him, falling due on different dates, all bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, and, at the same time, executed a mortgage on the lands conveyed, as a further security for the…