McKee v. Le Fors

FLY, O. J.

Defendant in error sued to recover in the county court on a promissory note for $1,200, executed by plaintiff in error, the same being reduced by payments to $938.30, and also sought to foreclose a mortgage lien on certain personal property given •to secure the debt. Judgment by default was taken for the debt and a foreclosure of the lien.. The petition fails to give the value of the mortgaged property.

The pleadings failed to show that the county court had jurisdiction, on account of a failure to allege the value of the property. It has been held, in a number of instances, that in…