Bank of Napa v. Godfrey

On the nineteenth day of March, 1885, the plaintiff brought this suit to recover on a promissory note for twelve hundred dollars, bearing date February 7, 1884, payable two years after date, with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable semiannually, and to foreclose a mortgage given to secure the payment of the same.

The complaint is in the usual form, and alleges that the whole amount of the note is due and unpaid except certain items of interest, which are stated. The prayer is, that “the usual decree may be made for the sale of the premises, by the sheriff of said county,…