Dorsey v. Beads

When appellant, Harold H. Dorsey, a Carroll County builder, was not paid the full sum due him for a home he constructed on his lot and then sold to appellees, Donald A. Beads and Alice Beads, his wife, he persuaded them several months after settlement to execute a mortgage covering this sum and certain other monies said to be due him. They defaulted after making several payments. He instituted a foreclosure action. They countered with a bill of complaint in that proceeding seeking to invalidate and set aside the mortgage and note and to enjoin the foreclosure. Upon grounds of merger,…