City of Aurora v. Cobb

This suit, commenced in the Dearborn, and taken, by change of venue, to the Union Circuit Court, was instituted for the foreclosure of a mortgage, alleged to have been executed to secure the performance of the condition of a certain bond, reading as follows:

“Know all men by these presents, that we, John Cobb and Oliver P. Cobb, of the county of Dearborn, and State of Indiana, are held and firmly bound unto the city of Aurora, in the penal sum of 60,000 dollars, for the payment of which, well and truly to he made and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns,…