Court of Appeals of Kentucky February 7, 1876 (Huston, Johnson & Co. v. Strow)

Opinion by

Judge Peters :

One Morton being indebted to appellee in the sum of $5,000 due the 10th of July, 1870, executed to appellee a mortgage on a store*604house and lot in Paducah to secure the debt; Morton retained possession of the property, and on the ist of October, 1870, after the condition of the mortgage had been broken, leased it to Huston, Johnson & Co.