Berrigan v. Fleming

Bill filed to foreclose a mortgage on land alleged to have been made on the 30th of June, 1868, to Thomas Mayhew, complainant’s intestate, by the defendants, Thomas Fleming and his wife Mary, to secure a note of the husband for $950, a copy of the mortgage deed being made an exhibit to the bill. Fleming and wife file an answer under oath, in which they say they admit the execution of the note described in the bill, and the mortgage given to secure the note, reference being made to the deed itself or mortgage, or record of its registration for greater certainty. No issue was made in the…