Laytham v. Mann

Complainants' bill seeks the foreclosure of a mortgage covering premises, title to which now is in the name of defendant Mollie Goldberg. For the purpose of ultimately holding him liable upon the bond for any resultant deficiency, complainants joined, as a party defendant, one Saul M. Mann, who thereupon filed his answer and counter-claim setting forth that he acquired title to the mortgaged premises from complainants, to whom he gave the bond and mortgage in question, not in his individual capacity but as trustee for his said co-defendant; by reason of which he seeks a reformation of each of…