Lane v. Harder

The parties agreed that the trial court would decide the case on the pleadings and briefs filed. The essential facts are not in dispute. The plaintiff is a patient in a convalescent home. He is the owner of a note and mortgage, payable to *353him, on which there is due the amount of $12,754.97, payable at the rate of $98.84 per month. The note and mortgage bear interest at 4 percent per annum. The plaintiff is indebted to the convalescent home in the sum of $1800. He applied to the welfare department for medical assistance and offered to assign his mortgage note and mortgage to the welfare…