Dodge v. Manning
New York Court of Chancery
This was an appeal by Manning, Boyd and Becker, three of the defendants, from a decree of the vice chancellor of the fourth circuit. J. I. Becker, the grandfather of the complainant, died in January, 1805. By his .will, he devised a part of his real estate to his daughter 'Caty Borst.
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This was an appeal by Manning, Boyd and Becker, three of the defendants, from a decree of the vice chancellor of the fourth circuit. J. I. Becker, the grandfather of the complainant, died in January, 1805. By his .will, he devised a part of his real estate to his daughter 'Caty Borst. And all the residue of his estate, real and personal, he devised and bequeathed to his wife for life; with remainder to his grandson, J. B. Borst, when he should have arrived at the age of twenty-one. The testator also gave and bequeathed to the complainant $250, to be paid by his grandson J. B. Borst, out of…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
There is nothing in the testimony, in relation to what took place at the master’s sale, to make the complainant’s legacy a charge upon the several parcels of the premises in the hands of the purchasers; except as a mere notice to them, that such a claim was made. And if the mortgagor has suffered the mortgaged premises to be sacrificed, by deterring purchasers from bidding, it is the result of his own folly,' and not the fault of the appellants; who will in any event suffer enough in having purchased a lawsuit. All the evidence, therefore, in reference to the value of the…
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