Tenney v. East Warren Lumber Co.

This was a writ of entry, to foreclose two mortgages. With the general issue there was a brief statement that the mortgage relied upon in the first count was not the deed of the defendants. The defense was made by creditors of the defendants, who had attached the mortgaged premises, and were permitted to appear and defend the action. The plaintiffs offered in evidence the instrument relied on as the deed of the defendants, under their first count, which was as follows: Know all by these presents, that we, the East Warren Lumber Company, a firm doing business, under an act of incorporation, by…