Citizens' Bank v. Armor

Buchanan, J.*

The defendant was recognized as heir of the late Mrs. Josephine Armor, and put in possession of her estate by a judgment. Subsequently, the intervenors sued Armor in the court in which the succession was opened, claiming the property of the succession of Josephine Armor, of whom they alleged themselves to be next of kin and heirs at law. Pending this suit, the defendant mortgaged certain real estate, being a portion of the property of Mrs. Josephine Armor’s succession, in favor of the holder of two promissory notes for three thousand dollars each, to secure the payment of the…