Bank of Mobile v. Hall

The bill was filed by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, and others.

The bill, in substance, alleges the purchase, by the complainant, of one S. Andrews, of several lots in the city of Mobile, at the price of <$20,000, payable in four instalments, for which notes were executed. That the first note was paid ; about which time Andrews became insolvent, and absconded. That, at the time of the purchase, there was an incumbrance on the land for the sum of ten thousand two hundred dollars, secured by a deed of trust, which, although recorded, he was ignorant of. That the land was…