Layman v. Willard

This was a bill in chancery filed by appellant, for an injunction to restrain the sale of certain land under power given in a deed of trust.

It appears that on the first of December, 1868, Henry Beardsley and George F. Beardsley purchased of E. C. Davidson about 800 acres of land, embracing the tract in controversy. Davidson conveyed the land to the Beardsleys, and they executed to him their note for $8,200, the purchase money payable in five years from date, with ten per cent, interest per annum, payable half yearly.

To secure the payment of the note, they executed a trust deed to Matthew C.…