Hamilton v. Harry L. Hussmann Refrigerator & Supply Co.

The suit is to recover the statutory penalty for failure to enter satisfaction on the record of a mortgage, on request in writing; the debt being “fully paid or satisfied.” Code 1923, §§ 9023, 9024. Upon the issue of payment in full vel non, the evidence, without conflict, showed: The mortgage was given to secure a series of 12 notes, payable monthly, aggregating $710, with interest at 6 per centum per annum. As they became due, the notes werfe collected through a bank. In each case an item of interest was figured and paid along with the principal. After all the notes were thus taken up, the…