Waterman v. Seeley

The bill in this cause was filed to perfect the title to certain lands bid off by complainant upon a mortgage sale; ■and the necessity alleged for seeking relief arises out of the fact that the legal title was not in the mortgagor, and has never been in him, but has been so transferred and disposed of, as, in complainant’s view, to give him an equity to reach it. The bill was dismissed at the circuit, and some controversy has arisen concerning its nature, upon which the parties hold conflicting theories. It therefore becomes, necessary to consider upon what special equity the ■claim to relief…