Martineau v. McCollum

This cause was commenced by the complainant, as second assignee and holder of two promissory notes and a mortgage on real estate, by bill for the foreclosure of said mortgage, in Dodge county circuit court. The notes and mortgage bear date April 27, 1848. The defendant and appellant, James F. McCollum, set up for a defense that the notes and mortgage (which were for the sum of $500) were obtained by duress of imprisonment. The complainant responded, and the cause came on for hearing upon the evidence of the notes and mortgage, and the testimony of several witnesses. The court rendered a…