Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Henderson

On March 2, 1925, the defendants Kalph Henderson and Clara Henderson, his wife, executed a note in the sum of $14,000, secured by a mortgage on 180 acres of land in Fremont county, Iowa. Default being made on the payment of the interest due March 1, 1934, and the payment of the first half of the taxes of 1935, plaintiff, on May 20, 1936, commenced this action to foreclose the mortgage in the district court of Fremont county, Iowa.

Shortly after the commencement of the action, the defendants Ealph and Clara Henderson filed an application for a continuance to March 1, 1937. This application was…