General Electric Credit Corp. v. American National Bank & Trust Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.

Plaintiff General Electric Credit Corporation is a citizen of New York and Connecticut. It filed this lawsuit in federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (1976). 1 In counts I and III of its complaint, plaintiff seeks to foreclose on mortgages it holds on certain property in which defendants have an interest. These counts also name as defendants “unknown owners and non-record claimants.” These defendants are persons or entities that may have interests in the mortgaged property that are unrecorded and which plaintiffs have not been able to…