Bridges v. Sams

I. This is an action in equity, to foreclose a mortgage for $4,000 upon certain real estate situated in Powe-shiek County, and for a personal judgment against the makers of the note and mortgage and the other defendants named as grantees of the mortgaged premises, who, it is alleged, assumed and agreed to pay the incumbrances as a part of the purchase price, under their respective contracts. The issues were tried as to E. C. and Emma Lambert only. Appellees offered no evidence in their own behalf, but, at the conclusion of appellants’ testimony, moved the court for a decree in their favor,…