Keyes v. Wood, Grant & Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
[In Chancery.] Appeal from the court of chancery. The facts were as follows. On the twenty first of September, 1838, Laura Keyes, the plaintiff, and Stearns A. Houghton, children and heirs of Asa Houghton deceased, were joint and equal owners of a tavern stand in Putney, which they agreed to sell to the defendant Black.
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[In Chancery.] Appeal from the court of chancery. The facts were as follows. On the twenty first of September, 1838, Laura Keyes, the plaintiff, and Stearns A. Houghton, children and heirs of Asa Houghton deceased, were joint and equal owners of a tavern stand in Putney, which they agreed to sell to the defendant Black. The plaintiffs, Keyes and wife, on that day quitclaimed to Houghton their right in the property, and he at the same time executed to the plaintiff Laura Keyes a sealed instrument, not acknowledged or recorded, by which he declared, that he held her share in the property in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hall, J.
There can be no doubt, but that there should be a decree of foreclosure against Black, for the sum due from him on all the notes. Whoever may be the owner of the notes, Black is absolutely liable for their payment, and the mortgage may be enforced against him for whatever sum remains due on them. The important questions in the case regard the respective rights and interests of Keyes and his wife, the administrator of Houghton, and Wood, Grant & Co., in the mortgage debt, and in the security for enforcing its payment.
The note of $500, which is…
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