Musgrove v. Eskilsen

Meyer, District Judge.

This is an action to foreclose a purchase-money. mortgage executed by the defendants, covering a 54-acre tract in Washington county, Nebraska, and given to secure nine notes of $1,000 each, eight of which remain unpaid.

Defendants in their answer admitted the execution of the mortgage and notes, but say that they signed them because of the false and fraudulent representations of the plaintiff, and they allege in substance, by way of cross-claim, that they were induced to execute said notes and mortgage for the amounts in them set out and to purchase said property for the…