Pennsylvania Co. for Banking & Trusts v. Philadelphia Title Insurance

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

This is a bill in equity in which plaintiff, the guardian of Nellie Vaster, a weak-minded person, seeks to have a mortgage which was executed by its ward declared null and void. In 1941 plaintiff had been appointed by the Court of Common Pleas No. 6 of Philadelphia County as guardian of the Estate of Nellie Vaster, the assets of which estate included real estate, a parcel of which was the premises at 4600 Chester Avenue, Philadelphia. In the answer defendant prays, inter alia, that if the mortgage is invalid, defendant should be given an equitable lien for the…