Buckland v. Lewis State Bank

Suit in equity by the Lewis State Bank, a corporation, against H.C. Buckland and wife to foreclose a second mortgage on defendants' land, in which defendants filed a counterclaim alleging invalidity of the mortgage. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

Affirmed. It appears by the record in this cause that H.C. Buckland and wife, Rilla Buckland, in the year 1933 were indebted to The Lewis State Bank of Tallahassee in the sum of $6,000 and the indebtedness was in default. The debt was evidenced by a first mortgage on described land situated in Duval County, Florida, and was the homestead…