First National Bank v. Bruce

Fitzgerald, C.

On April 12, 1889, defendant A. L. Bruce mortgaged the premises described in the complaint, and valued at two thousand dollars, to secure the payment of a certain promissory note executed by him to plaintiff for the sum of five hundred dollars. On April 28, 1890, said mortgage was duly recorded. On April 7, 1890, defendant I. A. Bruce, wife of said A. L. Bruce, who, with her husband and children, were then, and for two years prior thereto had been, actually residing on and using said premises (which was common property) 'as a home, declared a homestead thereon, without any…