53 Miss. 321 | Miss. | 1876
delivered the opinion of the cotrrt.
The suit being against husband and wife to subject the wife’s land to the mortgage and both husband and wife being summoned, the husband pleaded that he had been discharged in bankruptcy, and the wife petitioned to be allowed to defend the suit separately from her husband, and, having obtained an order to do so, defended separately. The complainants
The remaining questions involve the validity of the mortgage sought by the bill to be foreclosed. The decree assumes its validity, and directs its enforcement as to the $3,000 note described in it, but not as to the larger note, by a sale of the mortgaged land. Both parties are dissatisfied with this decree. Allen & Co. complain that the larger note is excluded; and Mrs. Lenoir insists that the mortgage shall not be enforced at all, because, she says, she did not acknowledge it, as certified by Hunt, and if it is valid it binds only her income, and not the corpus of her said estate. In addition to this, she insists that the certificate of acknowledgment as made is not good under the statute ; and that, at all events, provision should be made for the support of herself and children out of the mortgaged property. This last claim is totally without any foundation in law or equity. We think the certificate of acknowledgment sufficient. It shows a substantial compliance with the statute. We adhere to Love v. Taylor, 26 Miss. 567 ; and do not think the omission of the words “ freely ” and “ voluntarily” from the certificate avoids it, as it shows that the wife acknowledged that she executed the deed “ without any fear, threats or compulsion ” on the part of her husband, and this upon an examination separate and apart from him. Bernard v. Elder, 50 Miss. 336.
The claim of Allen & Co., that if the mortgage is good at all it secures the larger note, and should be enforced as to that, is well taken ; and the objection of Mrs. Lenoir, that, even if the mortgage is valid, only her income can be subjected under it, is a just one, upon the facts disclosed by the record. We can