Skartum v. Koch

In this action to set aside the foreclosure of a real estate mortgage by advertisement, plaintiffs appeal from the judgment. The premises in question are a farm on the shores of Lake Benton in Lincoln county. In 1920 it was owned by plaintiff K. G. Skartum, and in that year he and his wife, the other plaintiff, mortgaged the place to defendant. That mortgage was foreclosed by advertisement in 1924. It is that foreclosure which is now in question.

In 1920 plaintiffs granted to one Stevens and others a license to erect a hunting and fishing “shack or cabin” on the farm and near the lake. A cabin…