State Bank v. Moore State Bank

Mr. Presiding Justice Shurtleff

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Moore State Bank, one of the defendants in error, filed its bill of complaint in the circuit court of Piatt county on January 12, 1926, to the February term thereof, to foreclose a mortgage given by one Asahel Thomas in his lifetime to the complainant, covering 390.55 acres of land in Piatt county to secure an indebtedness of $19,350.

The bill alleged that on and prior to January 25, 1926, one Asahel Thomas was indebted to defendant in error and thereupon duly executed his note and mortgage to secure said indebtedness…