Silver Spring Development Corp. v. Guertler

An intensity of frustration and bitterness that leads to a grasping at legal straws often presents itself in efforts to prevent or set aside a foreclosure; this appeal is an example.

The land involved is in the Colesville area of Montgomery County. Part is zoned general commercial and part one-family detached restricted residential. In 1965 the. owner borrowed $314,000 for two years on the security of the land on an appraisal of $628,000. A one-year extension was obtained in 1967. The loan was not paid and the bank foreclosed, selling the property for $338,-000, some two-thirds of two current…