Hooper v. Capitol Life Insurance

The plaintiff in error, Thomas J. Hooper, owned five lots in Denver. On lots 31 and 32 and the south half of lot 33 there was an apartment house known as No. 1753 Grant street; on the north half of lot 33 and all of lots 31 and 35 there was an apartment house known as No. 1755 Grant street. Hooper borrowed $11,000 from defendant in error the Capitol Life Insurance Company and g’ave his promissory note for that amount, and, to secure the payment of the note, he gave his mortgage upon the five lots, together with all improvements ther'eon. Thereafter Hooper conveyed to Edward J. James the…