Gager v. Edwards

Defendant in error filed his bill in the court below to the August term, 1886, for the foreclosure of a mortgage executed by plaintiff in error March 1,1886, to secure an indebtedness of 83,976.51 evidenced by his note of same date, payab'e in ninety days to defendant in error with eight per cent, interest from date, and said indebtedness was for the purchase money of the real estate mortgaged. On August 13,1886, Gager filed his answer to the bill, admitting the execution of the note and mortgage by him as alleged, but setting up as a defense that the consideration for said note and mortgage…