Equitable Mortgage Co. v. Gray

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J. :

This was an action of ejectment. Charles Seymour Grenfell and Harvey Ranking, trustees, were the assignees of a note for the sum f10,000, and a mortgage to secure its payment, executed to the Equitable Mortgage Company by Anderson Gray and Sarah, his wife. The property involved was 800 acres of land in Sumner county. The note was due June 1, 1893. ■In.default of payment, Grenfell and Ranking, as trustees, on February 8, 1895,, commenced an action on the note and to foreclose the mortgage. Before this, *101and on December 29, 1894, Anderson Gray,…