Gipson v. Hicks

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

Complainant files this bill seeking foreclosure of a real estate mortgage and redemption from a prior mortgage and for an accounting. The mortgage sought to be foreclosed was executed to Mattie Alexander by Duroc Breeders Farm Corporation, and the bill avers that the mortgage, the note and debt secured thereby were assigned to him by the said Mattie Alexander.

The answer of the several defendants denied any such transfer and any such ownership and demanded proof. The cause was heard before the chancellor on oral proof, and from the decree dismissing the bill complainant…