Dobbs v. Zink

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Defendants procured from Doctor George H. Mehard two loans of $2,000 and $800 respectively, each of. which they secured by bond and mortgage. The loans were obtained through L. M. Uber, an attorney, residing at the City of New Castle, the county seat of Lawrence County, who had, for many years, been acting as agent for Mehard, a resident of Wampum, nine miles distant from the county seat, in lending money on mortgage security. Interest was paid promptly by defendants to Uber, also payments made to him on account of principal amounting to $1,565. Upon Uber’s death,…