Cleveland Insurance Co. v. Reed
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for -the district of Wisconsin. The bill and answers opened a wide field of discussion relating to events which had transpired many years before, and the arguments could not be made intelligible without a minute statement of thoáe events. But as the opinion of the court does not require that this should be done, the reporter omits a particular narrative of these circumstances.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
The bill seeks to enforce a lien secured by mortgage on twenty acres of land, in'what is denominated Finch’s addition to Milwaukie. The mortgage debt became due in February, 1839. It is difficult to say, that were the- bill standing on demurrer, that a sufficient description of the land claimed as bound for the debt could be established to justify an affirmative decree. But the view’ we take of the case renders this question immaterial.
In 1837, George Reed executed the mortgage to the Cleveland Insurance Company for $22,000, including the greater portion of a quarter section of-land, part of…
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