Supreme Court of Missouri October 15, 1880 (McGuire v. Wilkinson)

Napton, J.

The assignee of the plaintiff, McGuire, obtained a judgment against Joel Wilkinson for $424.28, in May, 1874. At that date there were four mortgages upon Joel Wilkinson’s land in Cape Girardeau county, which, with taxes and other expenses, amounted altogether to $3,470.30. The land was sold under these mortgages for $3,939.85, which left a balance of $469.