Goodman v. Randall
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity, for the reformation of a mortgage deed and for a foreclosure; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County.
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Bill in equity, for the reformation of a mortgage deed and for a foreclosure; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County. The court found the following facts: Upon the 19th day of February, 1874, Samuel Hubbard was the owner of the real estate described in the petition, and on that day gave to Eugene S. Allen a certain document purporting to be a mortgage of the real estate, to secure a note of $500, which document was duly witnessed, acknowledged and recorded, and was delivered to the mortgagee. Hubbard intended to execute the same, but by mistake it was never signed by him. On…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The petitioner, the owner by purchase of a note, which the maker attempted to secure by a mortgage of real estate, brings his petition for a foreclosure or relief in some other form. The deed seems to have been witnessed by two witnesses, and has appended to it a certificate of acknowledgment in the usual form, but was never signed by the grantor. In that condition it appears to have been delivered to the grantee and recorded. On the same day the premises, described as subject to this mortgage, were conveyed to a third party, the conveyance stipulating that the grantee should pay the mortgage…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dickinson v. GlenneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
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