Watt v. Alvord
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from tho Wayne Circuit Court,
1Opinion of the CourtFrazer, C. J.
This was a complaint, by tho appellee against the appellants, Robert Watt and Sylvina his wife, together with William S. Watt and wife, to foreclose a mortgage alleged to have been given by William and wife, upon real estate afterward conveyed'by the- latter to- Robert A demurrer by Sylvina was overruled, and this is assigned for error.
Is the wife of a purchaser of mortgaged! lands a proper party defendant to a suit to foreclose the mortgage? Inasmuch as she has a contingent interest in the equity of redemption, we know of no reason why she should not be made a party to foreclose that…
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