Smith v. Monserud

The Granite City State Bank of Dell Rapids, •S. D., held certain promissory notes of one John C. Taylor secured by second mortgage upon real estate. The bank instituted action against John C. Taylor for judgment upon said notes and the foreclosure of the mortgage, which resulted in a judgment in favor of the bank and against John C. Taylor for the sum of $8,329.88, together with a decree for the foreclosure of the second mortgage.

John G. Taylor, being desirous of appealing from this judgment, applied to the court for a stay of execution pending the appeal, and the court granted said stay upon…