Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. Fife

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This action was brought upon a promissory note given by the defendants William H. Fife and Harriet A. Fife, his wife, to the plaintiff, respondent here, secured by a mortgage upon real property, for the foreclosure of the mortgage. Subsequent to the execution of the mortgage Fife and wife assigned all their property for the benefit of creditors, one of the appellants, Zephania J. Hatch, being appointed by the court assignee of the estate. Notice to all the creditors was duly made and published by the assignee, and subsequent to the assignment…