Donlin v. Bradley

On the 24th of March, 1866, James C. Donlin, since deceased, made his note to Tobias S. Bradley, for $2500, payable five years after date, with interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, to secure which, he, at the same time, executed a trust deed to H. B. Hopkins, conveying the premises now in controversy. On the 17th of July, of the same year, Donlin made another trust deed upon the same premises, to Hopkins, to secure two other notes given by him to Bradley, amounting, in the aggregate, to $1500. Some time in June, 1867, Tobias S. Bradley died intestate, and his widow, Lydia Bradley,…