Maher v. Ætna Life Insurance

The following appears to be the case as made by the record : On the 25th of January, 1882, Thomas Maher *487and his wife, Ellen, executed a mortgage on certain real estate owned by the husband, to secure the payment of a debt of $2,500 due from the latter, with annual interest at 7 percent., payable to the JEtna Life Insurance Company, in five years. The debt matured, and, remaining unpaid, the insurance company foreclosed its mortgage, and took a personal judgment against Thomas Maher for $2,882.52. A certified copy of the decree was placed in the hands of the sheriff of Daviess county, who,…