American Freehold Land Mortgage Co. v. Dykes
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Dale. Heard before the Hon. Jeke N. Williams, The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, the American Freehold Land Mortgage Company, Limited, against Mattie O. Dykes, Thomas A. Dykes, her husband, and the Loan Company of Alabama. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Dale. Heard before the Hon. Jeke N. Williams, The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, the American Freehold Land Mortgage Company, Limited, against Mattie O. Dykes, Thomas A. Dykes, her husband, and the Loan Company of Alabama. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. On the final submission of the cause, the chancellor decreed that the complainant was not entitled to the relief prayed for in its bill, and ordered that the original bill and cross bill be dismissed, without prejudice. The complainant and the Loan Company of…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
The bill was filed on the 24th day of December, 1892, in the Chancery court of Dale County, and had.for its purpose the foreclosure of a mortgage, executed by Mattie O. Dykes and her husband .„n the 7th day of October ,1890, upon her lands, to secure the sum of twenty-three hundred dollars, loaned by the complainant to her.
The bill alleges that Mattie O. Dykes applied to the Loan Company of Alabama, to negotiate a loan for her upon said lands ; that said company placed the loan with the complainant; that the notes gr en for the money, and the mortgage given to secure same were executed and…
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