Powell v. Starr

The matter presented by this record arises out of the action of the court in entering a deficiency decree in favor of the defendants in error. In 1897 complainants in error, to secure the purchase price of some property bought by' them, made three notes of $3,500 each, payable to Joseph Cox, due in one, two and three years respectively, and at the same time they made to Bobert M. Cox, an entirely different person, two other notes in the sum of $3,120 each, due in four and five years respectively, and to secure these five notes they made a trust deed to Dan B. Sheen upon the property, which…