Douglas County State Bank v. Steele

On December 19th, 1913, the defendant, William A. Steele, owned the south half of section 21, township 147, range 67, Foster county, North Dakota. On that date he, together with his wife, the defendant, Belinda Steele, executed and delivered a mortgage upon these premises to the Minneapolis Trust Company. This instrument was duly recorded. At the date of the execution and delivery of this mortgage, and thereafter until about December 24th, 1924, the Steeles occupied the southeast quarter of section 21 as a homestead. In November, 1921, William A. Steele executed two certain mortgages on the…