PERRY v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 4254.

2 F.2d 250 (1924)

PERRY et al. v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 13, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Cooper and W. O. Cooper, Jr., both of Macon, Ga., for appellants.

J. E. Hall and Warren Grice, both of Macon, Ga. (Hall, Grice & Bloch, of Macon, Ga., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and KING, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge.

The question in this case is whether, where a deed to secure a debt for principal, interest, and attorney's fees is being foreclosed as a mortgage in the United States District Court, a decree is proper to be rendered for the attorney's fees as well as for the principal and interest due upon said debt. That such a debt can be foreclosed in equity as a mortgage in the United States court is well settled.

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