Indiana Supreme Court June 16, 1856 (Ellis v. Martin)

Davison, J.

This was a suit by Ellis and Decker, the appellants, against Margaret, Albert and Emma Martin, heirs at law of John B. Martin, deceased, to foreclose a mortgage executed by him in his lifetime to the appellants. The condition of the mortgage is as follows:

Whereas the said Ellis and Decker did, on the 6th of April, 1841, enter themselves as sureties upon the bond of the said John B.