American Hardware Co. v. Moore

The action is to foreclose a mortgage. The complaint alleged that defendants I. A. Moore and Mary Moore executed a promissory note in the sum of $1,200, with interest at-seven per cent, payable to the plaintiff corporation ; that to secure such indebtedness they gave a mortgage upon their farm; that they failed to comply with the terms of the note; and that there was due and owing on the mortgage the sum of $696.70.

Defendants admitted the making of the note, but denied that there was any amount due or owing. By way of counterclaim they alleged that the note in question was also secured by a…