Sweatman v. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INS. CORP., ETC.

Appellants William and Beatrice Sweatman instituted this cause in response to a non-judicial foreclosure action against their home by Southern National Bank. The Sweatmans' prayer for relief sought: 1) to have the mortgage held by Bank against their homeplace declared void, alleging that the signature of one co-signer was a forgery; and 2) a quieting of title to the property in themselves.

Subsequently, Bank was placed into receivership, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) substituted as a party defendant. FDIC impleaded Robert C. McKee, alleging that if the mortgage to Bank…