Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Patten

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This appeal is by the plaintiff in a mortgage foreclosure ease from the ruling of the trial court sustaining the motion of the defendant owner to set aside the sheriff’s sale and its confirmation because the bid made by the plaintiff, the purchaser, was substantially inadequate.

The decree of foreclosure gave the plaintiff a personal judgment against the owner of the land and a first lien thereon. Two defendants, having filed cross petitions, were each given personal judgments against the owner and subsequent liens upon the same land. One…