Brown v. Lewis

This was a suit upon a note, and to foreclose a mortgage. The plaintiff, in his original complaint, demanded judgment for 1,600 dollars, the amount of the note, and that the mortgage be foreclosed, &c., ,

There was no demurrer filed.

The defendants answered, admitting the execution of the note and mortgage; that they had paid on the same the sum of 1,035 dollars; that said note was given for the consideration <of certain lands, &c.; and that the plaintiff had no title to said lands.

The Court, on motion of plaintiff, permitted him to amend his complaint by inserting that the defendants were…