Edney v. Jensen

The appellants, Carl C. Jensen and Emma M. C. Jensen, his wife, and Hans Nelsen, defendants below, appeal from the judgment and decree of the district court foreclosing two mortgages in favor of William C. Edney, plaintiff below, appellee herein, and ranking Hans Nelsen’s mortgage inferior to those of plaintiff.

March 5,1919, Edney sold and conveyed the farm in question to Jensen for $29,750. Jensen paid part cash; and he and his wife, on March 11, 1919, gave to Edney two mortgages for the remainder of the purchase price, one for $15,000 and one for $5,000, to secure two notes for those…