First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank v. Lehman

— On April 15, 1937, plaintiff commenced this suit in equity in the Plymouth district court, seeking a judgment against defendants Lehman upon a promissory note, and the foreclosure of a real estate mortgage securing payment of the note. Defendants Lehman made application that the cause be continued until March 1, 1939, pursuant to the provisions of Senate File 15, now chapter 80, Acts of the 47th General Assembly. This act, after reciting the existence of and necessities arising from an emergency, provided that, in foreclosure actions such as was this one, upon an application in good faith…