Jonas v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action to foreclose two real-estate mortgages on the same city lot. One of the mortgages was given by holders of a contingent interest and only as additional security. Plaintiff, A. W. Jonas, prevailed, and only the defendants, W. S. Norris and May Norris, his wife, appeal. May Norris is interested only by reason of her marital relation to W. S. Norris and we shall refer to W. S. Norris as appellant.

Appellant was not one of the mortgagors. He claims to have purchased, prior to the execution of the mortgages, a contingent interest…