Burns v. Scoggin

The plaintiff, a subject of the queen of Great Britain and Ireland, brings this suit against the defendants, W. G. Scoggin and A. E. Scoggin, his wife, citizens of Oregon, to enforce the lien of a mortgage given by said defendants on February 24, 1882, upon certain tracts of land situated in Washington county, Oregon, and containing in all about 1,454 acres, to secure the payment of four promissory notes made and delivered by said W. G. Scoggin to the plaintiff on said day, — one for $24,000, payable on December 31, 1884, with interest at the rate of 10 per centum per annum from and after ma-…