Gowans v. Pierce

This action was brought by James Gowans against A. S. Pierce to recover the amount of a mortgage on a block of ground in the city of King-man, the payment of which the defendant assumed. The notes and mortgage securing the same were executed in the name of Margaret F. Yancey by Milton V. Yancey, her attorney in fact, and payable to the order of William F. Leonard. The notes were indorsed by Leonard to the plaintiff. The land was conve.yed by Yancey and wife to Mary W. McClelland, who, by the terms of the deed, assumed the payment of the mortgage. Mary W. McClelland and her husband conveyed to…