Stevenson v. Craig
Nebraska Supreme Court
Oliver Stevenson brought an action in the district court of Otoe county, on the 24th of June, 1880, to foreclose a mortgage executed May 23, 1870, and due six months thereafter, by William R. Craig, and Rowena S. Craig, his wife, to said Stevenson, to secure a note of William R. Craig of that date. The title to the property covered by the mortgage was in the wife, and the same was claimed by her as her separate property.
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Oliver Stevenson brought an action in the district court of Otoe county, on the 24th of June, 1880, to foreclose a mortgage executed May 23, 1870, and due six months thereafter, by William R. Craig, and Rowena S. Craig, his wife, to said Stevenson, to secure a note of William R. Craig of that date. The title to the property covered by the mortgage was in the wife, and the same was claimed by her as her separate property. James Sweet was made a defendant, and filed an answer therein, as well as a petition and cross bill against Stevenson, the Craigs, and other defendants, setting up the…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
There are three principal questions presented by the record in this case.
First. Was the defendant, Rowena S. Craig, and her sole and separate property therein described, bound by the mortgages to Rollin M. Rolfe and Oliver Stevenson 5 , Second. Is the mortgage to Rollin M. Rolfe barred by the statute of limitations ?
■ Third. Is the mortgage to Oliver Stevenson barred by the statute of limitations ?
■ It is conceded that the title to the mortgaged premises was and is in the said Rowena S. Craig, although some evidence was introduced tending to prove that it was in reality the property of…
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