Reed
Johnson v. Reed
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Harrison, J.
It is alleged in the complaint herein that in an action brought to foreclose a mortgage executed by the plaintiff to the defendant Brooks, the defendants filed an answer setting up as a defense that the action was prematurely brought by reason of the fact that the time for the payment of the note secured by the mortgage had been extended to a date subsequent to the commencement of the action; that -the cause was tried and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff therein; that thereafter the plaintiff herein filed and served a notice of his intention to move for a new trial, and that a bill of exceptions based upon said notice had been settled, allowed and filed in said action, and that an affidavit to be used on said motion had also been filed; that under said judgment the property described in the mortgage had been sold to the mortgagee and a deed therefor executed to him; that the proceeds of said sale being insufficient to satisfy the judgment, a judgment for the deficiency had been docketed against the plaintiff herein, and that an execution had been issued upon said deficiency judgment, and certain personal property sold by virtue thereof to one of the defendants herein.…