Cundiff v. Brokaw

On the 16th day of December, 1873, E. H. McClure executed a mortgage upon certain lands in McLean county to Abraham Brokaw, defendant in error, to secure the sum of $6,000 in six years, with ten per cent, interest per annum, payable semi-annually. McClure afterwards conveyed his equity of redemption in the mortgaged premises to John Starling, who died intestate, leaving a widow and children surviving him.

The mortgage contains a provision, that if any part or installment of said interest shall not be paid within six months after the same becomes due, then and in that case the whole of said…