Chauser v. Cama

The trial court found the following facts: The plaintiff conveyed to the defendant certain premises in New Haven subject to a mortgage of $2,000, which the defendant assumed and agreed to pay. As a part of the purchase price the defendant gave the plaintiff his note for $500, being the note in suit, which was secured by a second mortgage upon the premises conveyed. Thereafter the defendant conveyed the premises to one Kuziel, who assumed and agreed to pay the first mortgage of $2,000 and the second mortgage of $500, and in part payment gave the defendant a third mortgage of $800 upon the…