Martin v. New Rochelle Water Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Westchester county. Action by Rachel A. Martin against the New Rochelle Water Company and Adrian Iselin to have a deed given by plaintiff declared a mortgage, for leave to redeem therefrom, and for an accounting for the use and occupation of the premises conveyed from the date of such deed. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.'
1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.
In December, 1891, the plaintiff was the owner of a farm of some 32 acres, which she had purchased in the year previous for the sum of $6,500. The plaintiff paid for the farm by the execution of a mortgage for the whole amount of the purchase money, secured by a collateral mortgage on other property owned by her. The defendant Iselin was the principal stockholder of the defendant the New Rochelle Water Company. That defendant desired to obtain from the plaintiff part of the farm, for its waterworks. The com-’ plaint charges that Iselin negotiated with the plaintiff for such purchase, and that…
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