Stille v. Hess
Stille v. Hess
Opinion of the Court
The complainants filed a bill in chancery which avers that they are minors; that July 7, 1885, their father, Michael Tolan, died, leaving surviving him the complainants, a widow, and five children who at the time of the filing of the bill had attained their majority. The
“Forasmuch, therefore, as your orators are without remedy in the premises except in a court of equity, and to the end that the said Joseph Hess, who is made a party defendant to this bill, may be required to make full and direct answer to the same, but not under oath (answer under oath being hereby waived), and that the said mortgage may be set aside and declared to be null and void in so far as the interests of your orators are concerned, and that the sale aforesaid may be set aside in so*680 far as your orators are concerned, and that all proceedings had or to be had by virtue of said mortgage be declared null and void in so far as the interests of your orators are concerned, and that the said J oseph Hess be restrained by an injunction, to be'issued out of and under the seal of this court, from in any way disposing of 01-incumbering the real estate hereinbefore described, or from proceeding in any way with the foreclosure proceedings hereinbefore referred to, in so far as your orators are concerned, during the pendency of this suit, and that your orators shall have such other and further relief in the premises as equity may require and to this court shall seem meet.”
The bill was demurred to, and the demurrer sustained. Complainants appeal.
It will not be necessary to consider all the questions discussed by the solicitors in their briefs. Neither the widow of Michael Tolan, nor any of the five children who have attained their majority, is made a party to the litigation. There is no averment in the bill of the value of' the estate left by Michael Tolan. There is no averment in the bill which contains a description of the land which was mortgaged to Mr. Hess, nor is it averred that it was land in which the complainants have any interest, or that they are in any way harmed by the mortgage foreclosure. There are other grave defects in the bill, which it is not necessary to point out here. The circuit judge very properly sustained the demurrer.
The decree is affirmed, with the costs of this court.
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