Cockrill v. Johnson

From the record before us, in this case, the following facts appear: Cockrill, who appears as one of the appellants in this case, purchased certain real property in Jefferson county in 1856, from one Robert Ryan, taking therefor a deed with warranty, and-gave in payment thereof his four promissory notes of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; also a mortgage upon the property to secure the payment of the notes. Three of the notes, first due, were paid. The last one, due on the first day of April, 1860, remained wholly unpaid until the twenty-ninth day of December, 1860,…