First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Moulds

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

At issue here is the propriety of the appointment of a receiver during the redemption period in a mortgage foreclosure action.

November 28, 1966, plaintiff-appellee filed its petition to foreclose a mortgage on a house and lot in Coffeyville, Kansas, executed June 10, 1965, by defendants-appellants. Personal service of summons was obtained on appellants. They failed to appear in the action. On February 10, 1967, default judgment was rendered against them for the principal sum of $8,560.19, plus interest, and the mortgage was ordered…