Boydston v. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank

REEVES, District Judge.

From a decree of foreclosure under a mortgage or deed of trust, the trustee in bankruptcy, one of the defendants below, with others, has appealed. The only controversy here, as well as in the trial court, relates to the validity of the record of said mortgage or deed of trust and its effective force as constructive notice.

The Midco Gasoline Company was the mortgagor or maker of the deed of trust, or trust indenture, as it was called, but because of the interlocking business connections of that company with Midco Petroleum Company the latter was made a party defendant.…