Danley v. Crawl

On the first day of October, 1859, the appellees Crawl and J. W. Ward, executed a mortgage to appellant on certain lots in the city of Little Rock, to secure the payment of a note for $860.12, which was loaned them to complete the payment of the purchase money.

Subsequently, Ward paid one half of the purchase money and interest, and Danley released the mortgage as to him, clearing the title to lots 7, 8 and 9, block 141, and holding the unpaid balance of the note against Crawl, and the mortgage against the remainder of the lots. Crawl failed to pay the note when due, and Danley brought suit to…