Short v. Raub

This was a bill in equity, brought by appellee against John C. Short, The Paris and Danville Railroad Company, and The Hew York State Loan and Trust Company, for the purpose of foreclosing a mortgage on certain lands, executed by Short to appellee, to secure the payment of the purchase money for which the lands had been sold. John C. Short interposed a demurrer to the bill, which the court overruled. The other defendants did not appear. A default and decree pro oonfesso was taken as to them. Hpon overruling the demurrer, the defendant Short having failed to put in a further answer to the…