Susan v. McConnell

This action is trespass brought by the plaintiff, who was owner of a real estate mortgage, for the value of a building removed from the mortgaged premises by the defendants without the knowledge or consent of the plaintiff, pending proceedings foi the foreclosure of the mortgage, and which so far lessened his security as to render it insufficient to satisfy the mortgage debt.

The mortgagor died insolvent during the progress of the foreclosure proceedings, leaving four minor children, and the register of the circuit court in chancery was duly appointed their guardian ad litem in the suit. He…