Slaughter v. Detiney

Suit for the recovery of sixty acres of land alleged to be in the possession of the defendant, Detiney.

Answer, 1. Denying generally the complaint; and, 2. Alleging that on, &c., the defendant, Detiney, and one Lawrence, were the joint and equal owners of said sixty acres; that, being so, they mortgaged them to Terry Co., to secure a debt contracted after the 4th ofL July, 1852; that the wife of Lawrence joined in the mortgage, while the wife of Detiney did not; that subsequently, Terry Sf Co. foreclosed the mortgage, obtained a decree for the sale of the mortgaged premises, the wife of…