Massinger v. Geering

The bill in this case was filed for the purpose of obtaining surrender and cancellation of a bond and mortgage.

Complainants' decedent, Anna E. Romaine, on February 15th, 1913, owned a tract of meadow land in Bergen county and executed and delivered a bond and mortgage to secure the payment of $2,000 covering said land to one, Harry Schoenewe. The mortgage was duly recorded in the clerk's office. Schoenewe assigned the bond and mortgage on February 15th, 1914, to Joseph D. Roberts, a son-in-law of decedent. Roberts assigned the bond and mortgage to various banks as collateral security. On…