Pardee v. Aldridge, 189 U.S. 429 (1903)
U.S. Supreme Court
Pardee v. Aldridge, 189 U.S. 429 (1903)
Pardee v. Aldridge
No. 137
Argued January 19-20, 1903
Decided March 16, 1903
189 U.S. 429
Syllabus
Where a railroad company mortgages its road, including all appurtenances and appendages of said railroad and the property of said company now acquired, or which may be acquired, used for and pertaining to the operation of said railroad, a sale under such mortgage does not include property acquired by the company after the mortgage for the purpose of subdivision and sale, and it is a question for a jury to determine, whether the land so purchased was to be used for and pertaining to the operation of the railroad or not.
A suit to foreclose a mortgage is not a proceeding in rein which will bind persons who are not parties thereto, and the fact that the decree covered the property in question does not conclude strangers to the suit.
The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.