Hughes v. Brooks

The parties to this action appear to be brother and sister. The appellant brought suit against the appellee in the District Court to recover the amount of a certain promissory note calling for two thousand four hundred and eighty-four dollars, and to foreclose a mortgage given to secure said note, alleging that the note and mortgage had 'been fraudulently destroyed by the appellee.

The suit was commenced by attachment. The note, as set out in the petition, fell due on the 1st of January, 1870. The petition was filed on the 15th of April, 1869. The attachment was levied on the land encumbered…