Starne v. Farr

This was a bill in chancery filed by defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error to foreclose a deed of trust. It is alleged that on the 1st of January, 1879, Charles A, Starne, one of the plaintiffs in error, executed twenty bonds of §500 each, payable to bearer five years after date, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, and that to secure the said bonds he executed the deed of trust in question to Charles B. Hurst as trustee. The bill avers that the complainant was the owner and holder of said bonds ; that by the terms of the deed it became the duty of the trustee…