Bittles v. West Ridgelawn Cemetery

The mortgage under foreclosure covers ten adjoining tracts of land, one of which is owned by Adam Frank, three have been released, and the remaining six constitute the cemetery of West Ridgelawn Cemetery. The foreclosure is against West Ridgelawn Cemetery's six tracts. Frank is a defendant because of his ownership of some cemetery lots.

The mortgage was made by one Gruber to John W. Griggs, to secure his $25,000 bond given in part payment of the purchase price of the ten tracts, six of which were intended for cemetery purposes. Frank, with others, was the promoter of the cemetery; Gruber was…