Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Ross
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided May 15, 1869PublishedCited by 1 opinion
The hearing of this case was had upon bill, answer, and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The suit is for the foreclosure of two mortgages held by the complainant, on lands in Union county. The first is for $3500; this, or its priority, is not disputed by any one. The *111mortgage is one given by Elizabeth O. Vernam, with her husband, Remington Vernam, to Sally E. Libby, for §1571, and is dated June 14th, 1864, and was registered on the same day in the proper office.
The defendant, William Ross, holds a mortgage given .by Elizabeth C. Vernam, without her husband, to Thomas Newton, to secure §5431, on the 16th day of June, 1864, two days after the mortgage to Sally E.…
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