Legal Opinion

Harral v. Leverty

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 15, 1882PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Slit for the foreclosure of a mortgage; brought to the Superior Court. Facts found by a committee and a decree of foreclosure passed. Motion in error by McDonald, one of the defendants. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.

This is a suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage and for the possession of the mortgaged premises. The principal defendant is Samuel McDonald, who claims to be equitably entitled to the mortgaged premises, and to have been in adverse possession of them when the mortgage was made by the defendant Leverty, who held the record title, as well as at the time the premises were conveyed to Leverty.

It appears from the finding that on the 24th of December, 1874, Nathaniel Wheeler and Henry Sanford of Bridgeport, who were then the owners of a piece of land on one of the streets of that city, which…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Burnett v. CaldwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Townsend Savings Bank v. ToddSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879
  3. Clark v. BeachSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1826
  4. Ormond v. MartinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
  5. Conover v. Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1846

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Schaefer v. O. K. Tool Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
  2. Metcalfe v. TalarskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  3. Padula v. PadulaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
  4. Springfield-Dewitt Gardens, Inc. v. WoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
  5. Hewitt's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885

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