Hardwick Trust Co. v. Dodge

The plaintiff Hardwick Trust Co. proffered its petition to the court.of chancery seeking to foreclose the equities of redemption in real estate known as the Warner Block in Hard-wick. The defendants Dodge hold the equity of redemption in the fee. The defendant Darling is joined as a subsequent attaching creditor. The Dodges failed to answer, and the petition was taken as confessed against them. Darling filed a pleading which he called an answer. It denied none of the allegations of the petition, but set forth other facts at some length. The so called answer is in fact a cross bill in the…