Harris v. Commerce Trust Co.

This suit was brought in the lower court by C. B. Harris, as guardian of one Charles L. Harris, against the Commerce Trust Company of Kansas City, Mo., to cancel a first mortgage upon certain lands belonging to the ward, which mortgage was given to secure a. promissory note in the sum of $2,100, and also to cancel a second mortgage upon said lands given to secure a promissory note for the sum of $420. The defendant in error Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee Company was permitted to intervene and set up its title, by assignment, to the first mortgage and the note secured thereby, and to ask for…