Chesser v. Chesser

The appellee filed his hill in chancery against the appellant and Charley Cason for the foreclosure of a mortgage alleged to have been executed by the appellant to the appellee upon certain described lands to secure the payment of a promissory note executed by the appellant to the order of the appellee for the sum of $500.00, and also for an injunction against the appellee and his co-defendant to prevent them from cutting and removing the timber growing on such lands, and for general relief. The appellant filed his answer under oath, although the same had been expressly waived, in which he…