Courtney v. Hanson

The controversial subject presented for determination arises from the adverse claims of the two petitioners for surplus moneys derived from a mortgage foreclosure sale.

Most of the antecedent factual events of present pertinency were imparted in Hanson v. Levy, 141 N.J. Eq. 103,56 Atl. 2d 411. To bring the narrative to date it is necessary additionally to divulge that during the pendency of the partition suit above cited, the holder of the second mortgage encumbering the premises in the principal sum of $3,000 foreclosed his lien, and at the sheriff's sale the property was purchased by Daube,…