Gaither v. Clarke

In this case, Mrs. Clarke, as mortgagee, filed the hill against her husband, the mortgagor, and the other defendant, Thomas H. Gaither, charging that prior to the date of the mortgage to her, which bears date the 25th of Sept., 1877, her husband had made a deed of the mortgaged premises, being the farm upon which he resided, to George R. Gaither, since deceased; and that, upon the same date of the deed, to wit, the 15th of Nov., 1869, and as part of one and the same transaction, George R. Gaither executed to Joshua T. Clarke, her husband, a le.ase of the premises for ninety-nine years, with…