Holroyd v. Millard

On December 3, 1890, Harriet F. Millard and Edward B. Millard, her husband, executed their promissory note for $500 with interest at eight per cent, per annum until paid, due one year after date, and payable to Lizzie M. Brown. The consideration was principally the payment of a prior note signed by both makers. The rest was a new loan of money which E. B. Millard afterwards used in his business. To secure said note, the makers on the same day executed their mortgage upon a lot in the village of Genoa, in DeKalb county, occupied by them as a homestead, the title to which was in Mrs. Millard.…