Ball v. Williams

This controversy involves the question of the right of possession and the right to rents and profits following the foreclosure of a second mortgage covering a 280-acre farm in Jasper County wherein a receiver was appointed to take possession of the land and rent the same during the period of redemption.

Plaintiff-appellee filed his action asking for personal judgment against the appellant, Ward E. Williams, on two promissory notes and foreclosure of a real-estate mortgage securing the same and asking for the appointment of receiver. The mortgage contained the following receivership provision:

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