Belcher v. Belcher

The plaintiff, J. C. Belcher, instituted this suit against the defendant Foy C. Belcher, to foreclose a mortgage on a parcel of land in Portland. From a decree in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant appeals.

On April 10, 1924, Mrs. Ellen Belcher, mother of both the plaintiff and the defendant, executed and delivered to J. C. Belcher a note for $800, for money due from her to him, and secured the payment thereof by a second mortgage on property owned by her, namely, the west half of lots 1 and 2, block 61, town of Sellwood, within the corporate limits of the city of Portland. At the time this…