Citizens Bank v. Davis

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The plaintiff bank brought action to foreclose two real estate mortgages given by the defendant, John W. Davis. In that action the said defendant and his wife, who intervened therein, set up the defenses (1) that the debt secured by one of thé mortgages had been paid, (2) the defendant, John W. Davis, had been adjudicated a bankrupt, and hence no personal judgment could be taken against him, and (3) that the inchoate right'of dower of the defendant, Bessie Holt Davis, had not been renounced. The cause was referred to the Master of…