Christian v. American Freehold Land Mortgage Co.

STONE, O.J.

Lands were conveyedJby mortgage to the appellee in September, 1885. John B. Christian was the mortgagor, and the consideration of the mortgage was twenty- eight hundred dollars lent to him by the American Freehold Land Mortgage Company, of London, Limited. Part of the land conveyed by the mortgage had been the property of Mary 0. Christian, sister of John B..the mortgagor. This is shown by the averments of the bill. To show that the interest of Mary C. had been conveyed to her brother before he executed the mortgage, the bill contains thisv averment: “That on, to-wit, the third day…