Thorne v. Joy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, C. J.

The object of this action was to have a certain mortgage which had been executed by the Tacoma Passenger and Baggage Transfer Company to secure an indebtedness of $18,000 to John W. Sprague, and which covered the real estate described in the pleadings, canceled by the executors of said Sprague, so far as it was a lien upon the interest of the plaintiffs in said real estate. It was also sought to have an accounting between the plaintiffs and defendant Clark W. Sprague, and a decree against him for such balance as might be found due plaintiffs…