Hatcher v. Jackson

The plaintiff, Emily Hatcher, wife of John Mara-tón, alleging that she has a legal mortgage on certain lands of the defendant, brings this suit to enforce it. Slie avers tliat her right of legal mortgage grew out of indebtedness to her during her minority bv her mother as tutrix and Thomas Davis, her co-tntor. That this indebtedness was fixed by judicial decree of the proper tribunal on the sixth June, 1866, at $41,165 44, with legal interest, with recognition of tacit mortgage in her favor on all the immovable property that belonged to the said tutrix and co-tutor during and since the…