Legal Opinion
Deschenes v. Tallman
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1928PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
The complaint is for the foreclosure of a purchase-money mortgage. The answer is a counterclaim for breach of a covenant of seizin. Whether seizin was lacking is the question to be answered.
Plaintiffs sold the land to the defendant Francis Tall-man in April, 1925. A predecessor in title was Miller & Lockwell, Limited, a Canadian corporation. By a decree of the courts of the Province of Quebec, made in 1911, the corporation was adjudged insolvent, and its property, real and personal, was ordered to be sold by two liquidators duly appointed according to the laws of the Province.…
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- Carpenter v. StrangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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