Abell v. Cartmell

Opinion by

Judge Lindsay:

Mrs. Abell was the owner in fee of a valuable tract of land in Union County. To secure the pa)unent of several debts owing by her husband, she joined with him in the execution of mortgages upon her said land.

Actions in equity were instituted to enforce these mortgages, and after the death of Mrs. Abell, and after her children and heirs-atláw had been made parties to the proceedings, a consolidated judgment of foreclosure was regularly rendered. At the sale made by the commissioner' pursuant to that judgment, Phipps, the husband of the eldest daughter of Mrs. Abell,…