Board of Trustees v. Davison

This was a bill in chancery, brought in the Woodford circuit court, by plaintiffs in error, against defendants, to foreclose two mortgages upon real estate. The defendants were husband and wife. The mortgages were given to secure separate loans of school funds made to defendants by the township treasurer. The first mortgage was executed Dec. 16, 1867, to secure the sum of §400, payable in four years, with interest. It was signed, sealed and acknowledged by both defendants, although the name of the husband nowhere appears in the body of the instrument. The acknowledgment was taken by a justice…