Cambria Savings Bank v. La Nier
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Wayne District Court.— Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. Action in equity to recover judgment on three promissory notes, and to foreclose a real estate mortgage given to secure the same. There .was a cross-petition hy two of the defendants, and the decree gave to such defendants the relief prayed by them. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBishop, J.
At the time in question, defendant Orley La Nier and-his two sisters, Ida L. Campbell and Josephine Parker, were the joint owners of a tract of seventy-five acres of land situated in Wayne county. In January, 1902, said La Nier procured a loan from the Central Life Assurance Society in the sum of $800, and to secure the same his said sisters not only signed the note given, but joined with him in the execution of a mortgage on said tract of land as a whole. Said mortgage was at once made a matter of record. At the same time, to protect and secure his sisters against liability, La Nier executed…
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