Brown v. Nelson

On November 24,1926, Walter A. Nelson and Minnie E. Nelson, his wife, executed a note for $23,000 payable to the order of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, and secured its payment by a mortgage upon 160 acres of land in section 21, and 80 acres of land lying across the road in section 28, all in township 14, Henry county, Illinois. The land in section 21 was improved by a dwelling occupied by the mortgagors as their home, and other farm buildings were located upon the 160 acre tract.

On September 11, 1930, Edward D. Brown recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Henry county…