Skinner v. Reynick

Maxwell, Ch. J.

This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on real estate. The petition alleges that on the twentieth day of May, 1875, George Reynick and Mary, his wife, being possessed of a homestead on the public lands under the laws of the United States, upon which final proof had not been made, mortgaged the same to the plaintiff to secure the sum of $40; that after completing the entry of said lands, and on or about the thirty-first day of March, 1876, Reynick and wife sold and conveyed the same, subject to said mortgage to one Edward Newton, who, on or about the first day of April of…