Pattison v. Walker

The plaintiffs brought this action seeking to have a real estate mortgage canceled and the title to the property covered thereby quieted in them as against the claimed lien of the mortgage. The defendant denied the right of the plaintiffs to any relief and, by cross-complaint, sought to foreclose the mortgage. The trial to the court without a jury resulted in a decree denying any relief to the plaintiffs and ordering the foreclosure of the mortgage. From this decree, the plaintiffs appeal.

At the threshold of this appeal, there is a jurisdictional question the decision of which will require…