Kirkham v. Harris

Mr. Justicr Herrick

delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 1, 1925, Alice E. Kirkham and her brother-in-law, Wendell B. Kirkham, being owners as tenants in common of a farm of about eighty-six acres in Alexander county, executed and delivered a mortgage thereon, in which their respective spouses joined, to secure a note of that date signed by such four persons, for the sum of $2500. On May 16, 1932, Alice E. Kirkham acquired the note and mortgage through a series of mesne assignments from the original mortgagee, and on September 26 following, assigned the same to B. A. Harris,…