Cameron-Brown Co. v. Porter

The respondent commenced this action to foreclose a mortgage given to it by the appellant in 1976. Since 1964 the appellant has been on active duty with the United States Army. The appellant answered the complaint by seeking a stay of the proceedings under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil •Relief Act of 1940 (the Act), 50 U.S.C. App. 501-591 (1976). The circuit court referred the case to a Master, who recommended the action be stayed until the appellant’s foreign tour of duty came to an end. The circuit court, however, sustained the exceptions to the Master’s Report, denied the stay and ordered…