Bank of Atkins v. Griffin

December 6, 1939, appellant, Bank of Atkins, sued R. F. Griffin, Era Griffin, his wife, and Joe Jones, appellees, to foreclose a mortgage. The complaint alleged that on December 12, 1936, R. F. Griffin and his wife were indebted to appellant bank in the amount of $3,480; that R. F. Griffin executed his four promissory notes for this sum, note No. 1 being'for $700, No. 2 for $500, and notes Nos. 3 and 4 for $1,140 each, and to secure payment, R. F. Griffin and his wife executed a mortgage on certain tracts of land in Pope county and upon lots 1 to 20, inclusive, block 2, Reidmiller’s Addition…