Guest v. Hewitt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

The Chief Justice.

The appellant, William A. Guest, became the purchaser of ■ the road of the Montclair Railway Company, at' a sale by a receiver, and immediately thereupon applied, by petition, to *480be made a defendant in two foreclosure' suits- that were pending at the time of such purchase-. One of the- suits had then gone to a final decree; and in. the- other, a decree pvo- eonfesso had been taken. In the former' of these cases, the- Chancellor refused the application, and in the latter, granted it, allowing the petitioner to be made a defendant in…