White v. Smith

Defendant Chris T. Smith executed to plaintiffs for attorneys’ fees for services rendered in a suit in which Jens C. Smith was plaintiff and Chris T. Smith defendant, the note here in suit, for $5,000, with interest, and to secure it, the mortgage herein being foreclosed. The mortgage is upon 200 acres of land. After the recording of the mortgage, judgment was entered in favor of Jens C. Smith and against Chris T. Smith for approximately $8,400. Later, plaintiffs demanded of Chris T. Smith further security for their $5,000 note, and received from him a mortgage upon his personal property.…