Rankin v. Coar
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery, made on the advice of Abram Q,. Garretson, an advisory master, as follows: It is on this 12th day of July, 1889, by Alexander T. McGill, chancellor of the State of New Jersey, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that the complainant, William Rankin, Jr., is the owner, and is entitled to the possession of all the basement and all of the residue of the premises in the bill described, except the rooms on the first floor; and the…
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On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery, made on the advice of Abram Q,. Garretson, an advisory master, as follows: It is on this 12th day of July, 1889, by Alexander T. McGill, chancellor of the State of New Jersey, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that the complainant, William Rankin, Jr., is the owner, and is entitled to the possession of all the basement and all of the residue of the premises in the bill described, except the rooms on the first floor; and the said defendant, Eleanor Goar, shall surrender and deliver to the complainant the said premises so adjudged to him; and the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Magie, J.
William Rankin, Jr., and C. A. Rodney Janvier, administrator of Mary R. Janvier (who are the appellants), filed the bill in this cause against Eleanor Coar (who is the respondent), for the strict foreclosure of a mortgage made by Robert B. Coar to *569Mary R. Janvier, in her lifetime, on a house and lot in Jersey City.
Respondent, by her answer, claimed a right for life in certain rooms in the house, paramount to the mortgage, and issue was joined on that claim.
Respondent also, by answer in the nature of a cross-bill, claimed, that she had paid…
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