Heirs of Rood v. Gibas

Matson, Justice.

Appeal by a mortgagee of record from a default judgment and decree in land title registration proceedings.

The sole issue is whether, in title registration proceedings, the trial court exceeded its jurisdiction by granting relief in excess of that demanded in the application when it adjudicated a mortgage of a nonanswering, defendant to have been executed without consideration and to have been satisfied in fact. Respondent, as administrator of the estate of Otto Rood, deceased, on February 4, 1948, in his application for the registration of title to real estate in Hennepin…