Matthews v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd District Ooúrt. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. There was a demurrer to the petition, which was overruled. The defendant failed to answer, and a decree was entered against them as prayed in the petition. ' Defendants appeal.'
1Opinion of the CourtRothbook, J.
l. judgment: aer tho°stat-" not.:wlmtls — I. ‘ It appears from- the averments of the petition that on the fifteenth day of April, 187 6, the defendants, Cynthia Davis and Edward Davis, executed and delivered'to one Logan, the assignor of plain t- ' iffs, a promissory note for $1,000 and interest; and that, to secure the payment of said note, the said defendants executed and delivered to Logan a mortgage upon certain real estate. The note and mortgage were duly assigned by-Logan to the plaintiffs, and on the fifteenth day of August, 1881, the said defendants confessed a judgment in the Floyd…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Morrison v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874
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