Haskin v. Langdon

Thomsen, District Judge.

This is an action for the foreclosure of two mortgages. Especially is it a determination of whom of three innocent persons should lose by the embezzlement of a loan broker.

The owner of the land, William A. Langdon, in consideration of the payment to him of $1,000, executed a bond, with interest coupon notes attached, and a mortgage on his land to one of the firm of Hoeppner & Uerling, loan brokers, of Hastings, Nebraska. The mortgage provided that $100 of the principal might be paid, or any multiple thereof, on any interest payment date. The loan would mature in five…