Courtney v. Hanson

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The question is whether the administrator pendente lite or the heirs of the decedent are entitled to surplus money arising from a mortgage foreclosure sale.

The property was owned by William Hanson, subject to a first mortgage of $7,000 and a second mortgage of $3,000, both held by the complainant William Courtney. On January 2, 1947, William Hanson and Mildred Hanson, his wife, entered into a contract with Carle H. Daube for the sale of this property to him for…