Montclair Savings Bank v. Sylvester

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

The bill herein prays the foreclosure of a mortgage covering realty. It was therein alleged that defendants Helen K. Sylvester and Horace C. Sylvester, Jr., the mortgagors and obligors on the bond secured by the mortgage, conveyed the mortgaged premises to one String, who in turn made a conveyance to defendant Murray. There was no allegation of assumption of the mortgage indebtedness by either String or Murray. The former was not made a party; the latter was joined as the owner of the equity of redemption.

The Sylvesters filed an answer and…