McFaddin v. Bell

This suit was brought in the chancery court of Sevier County by appellee against C. W. Wright to foreclose a mortgage upon a certain 160-acre tract of land in said county, executed by Wright and his wife to her oil January 12, 1916, to 'Secure a note for $1;200, payable January 12, 1917. The mortgage was recorded in April, 1916.

Appellant, who was made a party defendant in the suit because he claimed the land free of the mortgage under purchase from M. E. Sanderson, trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of C. W. Wright, filed an answer denying the material allegations in the hill, and a…