Pierce
Pierce v. Merrill
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Gray, J.
This is an appeal of the defendants Bone-brake and Howes from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs for twenty-one thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ninety-seven cents and costs, and from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial.
The action was brought to recover on a written guaranty, in words and figures as follows:
The complaint was filed January 31, 1896, and sets out a copy of the above guaranty and then proceeds as follows:
The complaint then goes on to state that certain amounts were paid at various dates on account of the interest and principal of said promissory note, and that on January 25, 1894, plaintiffs brought an action against the said Semi-Tropic Land and Water Company to enforce the payment of the residue' of said note and foreclose said mortgage, and such proceedings were had that on the eighth day of July, 1895, a decree was duly made and entered fixing the amount then due on said note at the sum of thirty-two thousand five hundred and seventy-three dollars and forty-four cents, and directing that the premises mortgaged be sold to satisfy that sum; that after a sale and application of the proceeds thereof there remained a deficiency of…