Richards v. Shaw

Garrison, V. C.

This suit was commenced by a bill filed on the 16th day of October, 1906. Its object was to foreclose a mortgage made by Eobert L. Shaw to William Hogencamp, dated August 27th, 1902. The mortgage, by its terms, was given to secure the payment of a promissory note for $13,000 made by Shaw to Hogencamp. The case was referred to me for trial, and was set down for hearing on the 14th day of May, 1907, on which day the complainant made out his prima facie case, which consisted wholly of the proof of the note and mortgage. The defendant Shaw began putting in his proofs, which were to…