Jones v. Provident Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Philadelphia

TREANOR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellants, Jones and Straube, as trustees, prosecute this appeal from a decree dismissing their bill for want of equity in an action by which they sought to establish their title, or their right to obtain title, to certain land.

The plaintiffs held title to the real estate in question as trustees of a trust created by the will of William Straube, deceased, who had died on the 22nd day of October, 1928. Provident Life Insurance Co. was the owner of a note secured by a mortgage, the original principal of which was $12,000, and which had been executed by William…