Thompson v. Searle
Thompson v. Searle
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This action was commenced in the district court of Chautauqua county by the plaintiff in error to foreclose a mortgage executed by Charles M. Searle upon certain lands in that county. Several persons were ‘made parties. A. H. Rogers, by permission of the court, filed a cross-petition asking to be made a party defendant, and set up that he held the title to said land by virtue of a tax deed. A trial was first had upon the issues joined between the' plaintiff and Rogers, and the court found for the cross-petitioner, Rogers.
The court rendered a judgment against Searle, and a joint judgment of foreclosure against him and all of his codefendants, as well as against the plaintiff herein.
Our jurisdiction to examine this case is challenged, for the reason that Searle and several other defendants who are necessary parties to this action have not been made parties in this court. Personal service was had upon the mortgagor and, so far as the record discloses, the owner of the equity, Charles M. Searle,
We apprehend that his interests would be advanced if the judgment should be reversed, and that no change would be made if it is affirmed, and we concluded in Richardson v. Great Western Mfg. Co., 5 Kan. App. 445, that unless Ms interests were prejudicially affected he would not be a necessary party. However, the supreme court, in Manufacturing Co. v. Richardson, 57 Kan. 661, has decided otherwise, and we follow its decision, and will, therefore, be compelled to dismiss this case for the want of necessary parties.
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