Ralston v. Lothain

This was an action, by the appellee, who was the plaintiff, against Benjamin Ralston and Mary McMullin, to foreclose a mortgage. The complaint alleges, inter alia, that the defendants, on, &c., gave to the plaintiff two promissory notes—one for the payment of 200 dollars, and the other for 75 dollars—which notes were given for a part of the purchase money of a tract of land described thus: “ The north-east quarter of the south-east quarter of section 8, township 19, north of range 10 east;” and that the defendants, to *304secure the payment of said notes as they respectively matured, executed to…