Sneddon v. Birch

This is an action to foreclose a mortgage given to secure the payment of a note in the sum of $650. The complaint alleged that the note and mortgage were executed and delivered by appellants to Thomas Sneddon; that the mortgage was duly acknowledged and afterward recorded; that thereafter Thomas Sneddon died; that his estate was duly probated and that the note and mortgage in controversy were decreed to Christina Sneddon, respondent herein.

The appellant, R. A. Birch, filed his separate answer in which he admitted that he signed the note and mortgage, but denied upon information and belief…