Bletzer v. Cooksey

The appellee, Ferdinand C. Cooksey, sold unto the appellant, Henry L. Bletzer, and one Francis J. McLaughlin, of Baltimore City, a farm in Charles County, Maryland, for the sum of $7,500. The Purchasers paid therefor $2,000 in cash and gave to the appellee five promissory notes, four for $1,000 each, and one for $1,500, signed by them and their respective wives, Carrie E. Bletzer and Anna M. McLanghlin, secured by a mortgage upon said farm, executed by the signers of the notes, for the amount and of the date of said notes. The mortgage contained a covenant to pay the mortgage debt and…