Herron v. Mullen
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Stevens, who delivered the following opinion : On August 23d, 1894, the complainant, Mullen, executed to the defendant, Herron, a deed for land in Trenton for the consideration of $4,000. The deed declared that the premises were conveyed subject to two mortgages, the first for $1,600 and the second for $2,000, which mortgages, it was stipulated, “theparty of the second part hereby agrees ” to assume and pay, together with…
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On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Stevens, who delivered the following opinion : On August 23d, 1894, the complainant, Mullen, executed to the defendant, Herron, a deed for land in Trenton for the consideration of $4,000. The deed declared that the premises were conveyed subject to two mortgages, the first for $1,600 and the second for $2,000, which mortgages, it was stipulated, “theparty of the second part hereby agrees ” to assume and pay, together with all interest now due thereon, “ as part of the consideration for this conveyance.” On June 10th, 1895, the grantee,…
1Per curiam
Decree affirmed, for the reasons given in the court of chancery.
For affirmance — Collins, Depue, Dixon, Garrison, Gummere, Lippincott, Ludlow, Van Syckel, Adams, Bogert, Hendrickson, Krueger, Nixon, Vredenburgh — 14.
For reversal — None.
2Cited by1 opinion
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