Broadman v. Colonial Building-Loan Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Peeskie, J.

Appellant, in a prior chancery suit, filed a bill to foreclose a mortgage which had been executed by the respondent to the appellant, in the sum of $7,000 and covered respondent’s property in Jersey City. Respondent was made a party defendant to that foreclosure suit because he had signed the bond secured by the mortgage which was being foreclosed; he was properly served with the usual process of subpoena and ticket. The respondent stood mute in that foreclosure suit; he did nothing about it. Appellant regularly prosecuted the foreclosure…