Henderson v. Bell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff commenced this action to foreclose a mortgage given by defendant Eugene L. Bell on certain real property in Atchison county. A number of Bell’s code*423fendants filed cross petitions asking for the foreclosure of mortgages given by Bell on the real property, and one of his codefendants filed a cross petition asking for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien on that property. Defendants John J. Buchanan and Lincoln Buchanan filed a cross petition asking that Bell be compelled to specifically perform a contract for the sale of the…