Griffin v. International Trust Co.

MORROW, Circuit Judge.

This was an action brought by the International Trust Company, a corporation, against the American Gold Mining Company, a corporation, Frank W. Griffin, and James M. Shoup, United States marshal. The purpose of the action was: (1) To foreclose two certain mortgages, the first executed December 15, 1891, by the Nowell Gold Mining Company, the predecessor in interest of the American Gold Mining Company, to the International Trust Company, trustee, to secure the payment of 300 bonds of the par value of $1,000 each; the second mortgage executed January 1, 1896, by the Nowell…