Legal Opinion
Fuhrmann v. Fanroth
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 18, 1930PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
The action is one to vacate a judgment for the foreclosure of a mortgage and the sale of the mortgaged premises on the ground that the judgment Was procured by fraud.
The plaintiff, Anna C. Fuhrmann, was in 1925 and afterwards the owner of a parcel of land in the county of Kings. She gave to her husband, the defendant Peter J. Fuhrmann, a power of attorney to mortgage the land in her name. The power was general in its terms, but its object, so she says, was to substitute a new mortgage in the sum of $6,500 for an earlier one of like amount then a hen upon the premises. The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Crouse v. . McVickarNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Crim v. HandleySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Ward v. . Town of SouthfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Mayor, Etc., of N.Y. v. . BradyNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Oppenheimer v. WestcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Griffith v. Bank of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Fairchild, Arabatzis & Smith v. Prometco (Prod. & Metals)District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Tamimi v. TamimiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Chenu v. Board of Trustees of Police Pension FundAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961
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