Lasselle v. Barnett
Indiana Supreme Court
THIS was a suit in equity, transferred from the Knox Circuit Court previously to a decree, on account of the interest of the circuit judge (1).
1Opinion of the CourtHolman, J.
Dubois held a mortgage on a house and lot in Vincennes, described as facing three streets and the Wabash river, and between Fort Knox and Chappards, the property of Bazayon. Bazayon was indebted to J. and F. Lasselle in the sum of 730 dollars and 75 cents, and proposed giving them a mortgage on the same premises; informing F. Lasselle, (who was transacting the business,) of the mortgage of Dubois, but said it was discharged. Lasselle applied to Dubois to learn the nature and extent of his claim, informing him at the same time that he was about to take a mortgage on the same premises. Dubois…
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