Collamer v. Goodrich
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decree of the court of chancery. This was a petition to foreclose a mortgage, executed by the defendant to the orator, to secure the payment of a note for four thousand dollars, given by the former to the latter. It appeared from the master’s report, that in the summer of 1851, the defendant applied to James T. Thurs-ton, to negotiate for him a loan of four thousand dollars, to be secured by mortgage on real estate.
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Appeal from the decree of the court of chancery. This was a petition to foreclose a mortgage, executed by the defendant to the orator, to secure the payment of a note for four thousand dollars, given by the former to the latter. It appeared from the master’s report, that in the summer of 1851, the defendant applied to James T. Thurs-ton, to negotiate for him a loan of four thousand dollars, to be secured by mortgage on real estate. A contract was entered into between the defendant and Thurston, by which Thurston was to receive three hundred dollars, as a commission for effecting the loan.…
1Opinion of the Court
*630The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, J.
This is a bill in chancery brought to foreclose a mortgage. The bill was taken as confessed, and referred to a master, to ascertain the amount due, and the questions now before this court arise on the report of the master. It appeared from the report, that in 1851, the defendant appled to James T. Thurstons to negotiate for him a loan of four thousand dollars, and agreed with Thurston, to give him a commission of three hundred dollars, for effecting it. Thurston made the loan for the defendant of the orator, took from the money the three…
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