Bryan v. Reiff

The appellee, Lester B. Reiff, brought this action against his coappellees and the appellant, asking a personal judgment on a note for $25,000, signed by four of said coappellees, and the • foreclosure of a mortgage given by them on certain lands, the title to which is now held by appellant. Appellant and certain others filed an answer alleging that at the time the mortgage was executed he was the owner of the lands which it purported to convey, that the plaintiff (appellee Reiff) knew that fact, and that the mortgage sued on was executed by certain of his codefendants (appellees herein)…