B. Marcus v. Charles C. Hull

B. Marcus, plaintiff below, purchased real estate in Wildwood, Florida, during the year 1926, for the sum of $7,000.00. He
erected thereon a two-story building of brick and steel. Immediately preceding the completion of the construction of the building,
and on July 24, 1926, he secured a loan of $10,000.00 from Charles C. and L. B. Hull, trading as Hull Brothers, a co-partnership,
and executed his promissory note evidencing said indebtedness. To secure same he and his wife executed a mortgage on the premises
covering the land and building thereon.