Council Bluffs Savings Bank v. Smith

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court foreclosing two real estate mortgages. One of the ap*91pellants is the wife of J. M. Smith, and the other is the wife of Albert V. Smith. J. M. and Albert Y. were engaged in mercantile business in the city of Madison under the firm name of Smith Bros. They became indebted in the sum of $1,646.40 to the firm of G-roneweg & Schoentgen, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; and on February 12, 1895, being requested to pay or secure the claim, promised, if their wives would join them, to execute mortgages on their respective homesteads. Thereupon negotiable…