Section 9. The defendant in the foreclosure proceedings or judgment, or the real owner of the property sold, or any other person or persons bound by any obligation securing or guaranteeing the payment of the mortgage debt, or other person in interest may, at any time after the sale, present a petition to the court in like manner to fix the fair value of the property sold. In such case, there shall be named as respondents the plaintiff and use plaintiffs as well as all other persons known to petitioner to be, directly or indirectly, liable to plaintiff or use plaintiff or any other person for the payment of the said mortgage debt, and the case shall proceed in the same manner as hereinbefore provided for the in the case of a petition by the plaintiff or use plaintiff.