Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation v. Berzel

Plaintiff brought this action to foreclose a real estate mortgage executed and delivered to it by the defendants, George and Mary Berzel. The mortgage was executed on May 1st, 1934, and filed for record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Stark county on May 16, 1934. The state of North Dakota was named as a party defendant in the action and it was alleged in the complaint that the state was the owner and holder of a judgment lien upon the mortgaged premises, which lien was inferior to that of plaintiff’s mortgage. The prayer for relief was the usual demand of foreclosure. The defendant…