Mechanics' Savings Bank v. Goff

This case comes up on exceptions from the Court of Common Pleas. The action is assumpsit, and was brought to charge the defendant for the amount due on a promissory note for ¡§2,3.00, given July 1st, 1873, by one John O. Tufts, and secured by mortgage on his land. September 14,1874, Tufts sold and conveyed the land to William H. Read and Sarah L. Read, his wife, by deed, containing the following clause, to wit: “ Said premises are subject to a mortgage here tofore given to the Mechanics’ Savings ¡ank of city of Providence, aforesaid, to secure the payment 01 the sum of $2,300, and interest,…