Honea v. Federal Land Bank of St. Louis

Appellants owned a tract of land, which was ordered sold under a decree of the Hempstead Chancery Court, foreclosing a mortgage thereon which they had given to appellee. There was a sale of the land as directed by the decree, and the report of the commissioner who had made the sale came on for confirmation at the ensuing term of the court. Appellants filed objections to the confirmation of the report reading as follows:

“The defendants admit the indebtedness, and admit the foreclosure decree was validly rendered, and the sale validly conducted, and that the plaintiff bid the full debt,…