Crawford v. Tuller

Cooley, Ch. J.:

This is a petition to set aside a decree and sale in a forecloseure case. The sale was made in 1859. The petitioner, who was proceeded against as a non-resident mortgagor, insists that the court never obtained jurisdiction because of certain defects which need not be specified. She also claims that she never gave the mortgage on which the decree was rendered. The complainant in the case is alleged to have deceased soon after the sale was made, and the land is claimed and occupied by a third party.

We held in the case of Hill v. Robinson, decided last term (not reported), that a…