Lincoln County State Bank v. Martin
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Truax, J., entered November 21, 1919, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action to foreclose a mortgage, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This action was brought to foreclose a real estate mortgage held hy the plaintiff as collateral security upon a note executed hy the defendant H. N. Martin. All the defendants except Martin and wife *187defaulted. These two defendants, after a general demurrer to the complaint was denied, answered separately. They denied generally all the allegations of the complaint, and set up affirmative defenses to the effect that the mortgage debt had been paid and the mortgage was, therefore, of no force. On these issues the case was tried to the court without a jury, and resulted in a judgment and decree…
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