Martin v. . McNeely

The defendants, J. C. McNeely and wife Naomi, on 5 February, 1885, executed a mortgage deed to the plaintiff, John R. Martin, whereby they conveyed to him three several tracts of land in trust to secure the single bond on the same day made by the said J. C. McNeely, in the sum of $1,250, due and to be paid with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date on or before 5 February, 1887. The mortgage contains the usual clause vesting in the plaintiff the power to make sale of the lands in case of default in payment of either principal or interest after the maturity of the…