Griffin v. Solomon

This suit was brought by B. M. Solomon (now deceased) and Michael Gradus to foreclose a real estate mortgage executed by Arthur Cotton, Jr. By intervention the four appellants, Arthur’s brothers and sisters, contended that they were tenants in common with him, that they had not joined in the mortgage, and that it was not a lien against their undivided four-fifths interest. The chancellor held that the appellants were bound by the mortgage. On appeal, however, we reversed that decree, finding that the mortgage lien was effective only as to Arthur’s one-fifth interest. Griffin v. Solomon, 235…