State Bank v. Criswell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action to foreclose a real-estate mortgage. Judgment was for plaintiff, and certain defendants appeal. On June 1, 1937, W.' J. Criswell, his wife Clara Criswell, and *315William Swinton,. grandfather of W. J. Criswell, executed and delivered to plaintiff, the State Bank of Downs, their promissory note in the sum of $2,500, together with a real-estate mortgage on a quarter section of land in Mitchell county to secure the note. The note was signed by all three parties. The land was owned by William Swinton, and he alone signed the…