Lester v. Snyder

This action was brought to restrain a sale of real estate under a deed of trust, and also for the cancellation of the trust deed, of the note to secure which it was given, and of an agreement extending the time of payment of the note, under a plea of payment. It appears that in July, 1887, one Charles T. Snyder applied to H. J. Aldrich, president and manager of the Colorado Securities Company, doing business at Denver, Colorado, to obtain for him a loan of $3,000 for the period of five years, to be secured by deed of trust upon his ranch of 320 acres in Park county, Colorado. Aldrich applied…