Goodwin v. Keney
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill for a foreclosure, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and heard before Culver, J. The same case was before this court at a former term, when the court reversed a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing the bill. 47 Conn.
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Bill for a foreclosure, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and heard before Culver, J. The same case was before this court at a former term, when the court reversed a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing the bill. 47 Conn. R., 486. The original respondents were Henry Keney, trustee of a life estate in the equity of redemption for Albert Goodwin, and Elizabeth G. Kings-bury ; but by the death of Goodwin during the pendency of the suit the entire interest in the equity had become vested in Mrs. Kingsbury, and she was at the time of the decree the sole respondent. The court…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
In 1846 John K. Goodman and Abigail Goodman, with their three sisters, were tenants in common of six distinct parcels of land, each owning one fifth, deriving title under the will of their father, Richard Goodman. On the third of November, 1846, John K. mortgaged his interest in two pieces of the common property to Abigail. One of these pieces was subsequently discharged by the mortgagee, and she took possession of the interest purporting to be conveyed in the other, and remained in possession, taking the rents to herself, until 1863. Prior to the last date she became the owner of the equity…
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