Virgil R. Coss Mortgage Co. v. Jordan

This is a companion suit with the case of B.F. Dupree v. Virgil R. Coss Mortgage Company, ante p. 18, in so far as the issues are concerned. The instant suit was commenced by the lender instead of the borrower, as in the Dupree case, but there was a cross-bill filed by the borrowers, Marcus Jordan and Melvina Jordan, seeking to cancel all the notes and two mortgages executed by appellees to appellants on May 23, 1918. The notes and mortgages were executed contemporaneously, and consisted of a $600 note, payable in ten years, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum from date until…