Scarry v. Eldridge

Jacob Eldridge and Esther Eldridge, his wife, in their complaint against John Scarry and Rebecca Scarry, his wife, aver, that, on the 12th day of February, 1874, the plaintiffs purchased of Edward Earl and Navini Earl lot number one, in block ten, in the town of Jamestown, in said county, for which they paid two thousand dollars, and took the conveyance in the name of Esther M. Eldridge; that there was an incumbrance on said lot, secured by a mortgage, dated August 20th, 1'873, executed by R. L. Whittington and Mattie E. Whittington, his wife, then the owners and in possession thereof, to…