Joseph P. Bradley

“ We should hesitate to concur with the state court in the opinion that the circuit court of the United States would have no authority to order the erasure of an incumbrance from the mortgage book of the state. The courts of the United States, in cases over which they have jurisdiction, have just as much power to effectuate justice between the parties as the state courts have. ”

“ The recorder of mortgages appeared, and contended that be could not be required to cancel the inscription of the mortgages until it had been judicially declared that they were not valid and existing securities by proceedings via ordinaria, by way f citation contradictorily had with the parties claiming the benefit of the mortages. ”