Mendelssohn v. Christie

Ryan, C.

The record submitted in.this case begins with a decree entered in the district court of Douglas county for the *685foreclosure of two mortgages made by William H. Christie and Sarah M. Christie, each securing payment of a promissory note for $5,000. The property by this decree required to be sold was lots 8 and 9, block 16, in Kountze Place, an addition to the city of Omaha. Brad D. Slaughter was a defendant in this action, and in the decree aforesaid it was found that about April 15, 1891, he, the said Slaughter, for a good and sufficient consideration, had assumed and agreed to pay the…