Hughes v. Willson

The facts in this case as alleged in the complaint are, substantially, as follows:

On the 7th day of December, 1865, Alexander Jenkins executed to Eli Murdock a mortgage upon the land therein described to secure the payment of a promissory note for the sum of $3,500, upon which note Murdock took a judgment in the Eipley Circuit Court on the 10th day of December, 1868, together with a decree of foreclosure. Eli Murdock died intestate, on the 10th day of February, 1869, *492leaving as his only heirs at law Jane Murdock, his widow, John Murdock, Harvey Murdock, Hezekiah Murdock and Eliphalet Murdock,…