Berger v. Peterson

This was a bill in equity, brought by Jonas Peterson, in the circuit court of Knox county, against Jonas Berger and Guermina Berger, his wife, to foreclose a mortgage on certain real estate, executed to secure the payment of $1000, for which Berger had given Peterson an instrument of writing, which read as follows:

“Whereas, I, Jonas Berger, have, by my deed, bearing date the 6th day of May, 1868, sold and conveyed to Jonas Peterson one-fourth interest in my patent for improvements in melodeons and improvements in key-coupling musical instruments, and for which the said Jonas Peterson has paid…