Reuben G. Lenske v. Magner Dale Knutsen and Judith Knutsen

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

This proceeding started out as a suit brought by the United States to foreclose a mortgage held by Farmers’ Home Administration, an agency of the United States. The mortgagor-defendant was appellee Magner Knutsen, and appellant Lenske was joined as one claiming interest in the property. The rights and interests of the United States are not involved here. The dispute before us resulted from a cross-claim filed by Knut-sen against Lenske asserting a right to be adjudicated owner of the property subject to the Government mortgage and charging Lenske with fraud in depriving…