Skolnick v. Skolnick

The plaintiff, wife of the defendant Harry Skolnick, brought this action to foreclose a mortgage which had been given by him and his father, the defendant Louis Skolnick, on property they owned jointly, and which she claims to have acquired by gift from her husband. Louis appeals from the judgment for the plaintiff upon the ground that there was no completed gift of the note and mortgage from Harry to the plaintiff; that the transaction was illegally designed to defeat his interest and that of subsequent mortgagees; and that the purchase of the mortgage inured to his benefit as cotenant.

Louis…