Thaxter v. Hatch
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Illinois
[This was a bill in equity to foreclose a mortgage by Adam W. Tbaxter against Reuben Hatch and others. [A bill had previously been filed by Hatch against Preston, praying for an injunction, etc. A motion to dismiss the cause for want of jurisdiction, and to repiand it to the court from whence it came, was overruled. Case No. 6,208.]
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, District Judge.
This is a bill to foreclose a mortgage given by Reuben Hatch and James Wilson on some land in Pike county, to John Preston. The mortgage was executed to secure some promissory notes, part of the purchase money of the land. They were made payable to Preston, who assigned them to the plaintiff. At the time of the assignment, both Preston and the plaintiff were citizens of Massachusetts. When the suit was brought, Preston had ceased to reside in Massachusetts, and had become a citizen of Illinois. The mortgage itself had never in form been assigned by Preston to the…
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