Peru Bridge Co. v. Hendricks

The Peru Bridge Company sued George L. Dart to recover money in his hands, as collector of tolls for the plaintiff, and to foreclose a mortgage, given by him, on lots numbered 87 and 88, in the town of Peru, to secure the payment, to the plaintiff, of all moneys received by him from such tolls. The mortgage bears date November 20, 1856, was filed with the complaint and made part of it, and has an endorsement in these words: “Received for record, November 22, 1856, and recorded in record C, page 191;” signed,George Wilkinson, Recorder of Miami County. It is averred that, on the 4th of June,…