Mortgage Bank & Investment Co. v. Hanson
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Towner County; Morgan, J. Action by the Mortgage Bank & Investment Company against Edward G. Hanson and others to foreclose a mortgage. From an order overruling his demurrer to the complaint, defendant Hanson appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBartholomew, C. J.
The single question in this case arises upon the construction of a written instrument, which is in the *466following words and figures: “Know all men by these presents, that this mortgage, made the 24th day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, by John J. C. Brown, of Cando, County of Towner, Territory of Dakota, mortgagor, to Mortgage Bank & Investment Company, mortgagee, witnesseth: That the said mortgagor, being justly indebted to said mortgagee in the sum of two hundred sixty-seven and 56-100 ($267.56) dollars, which is hereby confessed and acknowledged, has,…
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