Interstate Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Strine

Ragan, C.

The Interstate Savings & Loan Association, a foreign corporation, brought this suit in the district court of Lancaster county against William R. Strine and wife to foreclose a real estate mortgage. Strine and his wife interposed as defenses (1) that the contract sued on was usurious, and (2) that the property covered by the mortgage was a homestead and Mrs. Strine had never acknowledged that mortgage, and therefore it was void. The answer also set out the exact sum of money received from the loan association and the amount of payments *134that had. been made. The court entered a decree…