Blount v. Aetna Building & Loan Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PORTER, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment against defendant for $100 penalty for failure to release a mortgage on real estate and for $50 attorney’s fees in the action.

The real estate covered by the mortgage consists of two residence lots in the city of Coffeyville which belonged formerly to J. W. and Mary Blount, and upon which the defendant at *78different times made building loans. The first of these loans, which covered but one of the lots, was made in 1898 and was paid at maturity. On March 29, 1905, the defendant made another loan covering both…