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7 Ind. 632

Holliday v. Spencer

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 14, 1856

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1856-06-14

<p>Complaint for foreclosure in the Court of Common Pleas. Answer, that the mortgaged premises were sold by the mortgagee to the mortgagor; that the mortgage was given to secure the purchase-money, &c.; and that the mortgagee had no title. Held, that the Court of Common Pleas had jurisdiction.</p>

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently May 1873

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Decided 1856-06-14

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¶1Bill to foreclose a mortgage. Answer, that the mortgage was given to secure to the mortgagee *633the purchase-money of the land mortgaged, which land was sold by the mortgagee to the mortgagor, and that the seller had no title. Replication. Issue. Trial. Decree of foreclosure.

E. H. Brackett, for the appellant.B. C. Gregory and R. Jones, for the appellee.

¶2The only objection made to the decree is, that the Common Pleas had no jurisdiction, because the title to real estate was in issue. The case falls within the principle of Wolcott v. Wigton et al., ante, p. 44; and under it, if to be adhered to, the decree below must be affirmed. And even if that case were wrong, a later statute confers unqualified jurisdiction upon the Common Pleas to foreclose mortgages. 2 R. S., p. 176, s. 631.

¶3The judgment is affirmed with costs.

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