Work v. Doyle

Reynolds and others, the assignees of a mortgage, brought a bill of foreclosure against the heirs of the mortgagor, Simon P. Doyle, deceased. Three of the heirs, viz., Hester Work, formerly Hester Doyle, Betsey Jackson, formerly Betsey Doyle, and Louisa J. Reynolds, formerly Louisa J. Doyle, were married women. The bill contained the following among other allegations: “ Your orators further show that there is a mistake in the said indenture of mortgage in the description of said mortgaged lands; that instead of the west fraction of the *437north-east quarter of section two as written in said…