Erickson v. Todd

Edwin J. Todd purchased a farm from the plaintiff Erickson, and paid Erickson thereon the sum of $10,000. To secure the balance of the purchase price of $19,200, Edwin J. Todd and his wife signed and delivered to Erickson a note in that amount and secured the same by a mortgage upon the land. Later Todd sold this land to one Bisson, and by the terms of the deed conveying the land, Bisson assumed and agreed to pay the mortgage indebtedness thereon. Thereafter E. J. Todd died, and the defendants, his widow, Cornelia L. Todd, his son, Howard J. Todd, and his daughter, Gladys O'. Lambert, were…