McDonald v. Lessmann

Plaintiff brought this suit to foreclose a mortgage in the sum of $20,000 which had been executed and delivered by defendants Herbert F. Lessmann and his wife, Hazel B. Lessmann, to plaintiff, covering the northwest quarter section 34, township 27, range 3, in Wayne county. The other defendants named are junior incumbrancers. Defendants *275Lessmann filed an answer and cross-petition in which they admitted the execution and delivery of the notes and mortgages set out in plaintiff’s petition, but denied that there was any sum due and owing from them to plaintiff. By way of cross-petition, they…