Montgomery v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

Appellee instituted this action to foreclose a mortgage upon fifty acres of land in Logan county, Illinois. The action was brought against Johanna Montgomery, her husband, Walter, and their five children. Other parties defendant were joined, but their interests, if any, were inferior to appellee’s lien, and are immaterial to the questions here presented. The bill also prayed that any claims of the children be removed by the decree as clouds upon the title, and that they be enjoined from claiming or asserting any right, title or interest in the mortgaged premises. The…