Dunn v. Thompson

This is an action brought in the district court of Pottawatomie county by Thomas W. Dunn against E. L. and Myrtle Thompson to recover on three promissory notes of $200 each, and to foreclose a real estate mortgage given to secure the same. Defendants pleaded payment, satisfaction, and release of the mortgage. A jury was empaneled to try the case and, at the conclusion of the evidence, on motion of plaintiff, the court directed a verdict in his favor for the amount due on the notes, but held the defense of release of the mortgages .sustained by the evidence and refused to enter a decree…