Coffey v. McEwen

The bill in this cause was filed as a general creditor ’s bill upon a deficiency claim of $304.06. The claim was' the balance due on a note, secured by real estate, after the trust deed had been foreclosed, and the sales price less expenses credited to the note.

The Chancellor and the Court of Appéals held that the estate of the maker of the note was liable and that the *406purchasers of other realty of the estate were secondarily liable. The case is here on certiorari with only one question presented: Is the purchaser of realty, belonging to an insolvent estate, secondarily liable to a creditor…