UNITED STATES v. COMMONWEALTH & c. TRUST CO.

No. 172.

193 U.S. 651 (1904)

UNITED STATES v. COMMONWEALTH TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt, with whom Mr. George Hines Gorman was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. William R. Andrews for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The question involved in this case is whether a mortgagee who has foreclosed his mortgage and purchased the property mortgaged at sheriff's sale under a decree of the court is an assignee of the owner of the land within section 2 of an act of Congress approved June 16, 1880. 21 Stat. 287.

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