Royer v. Perkins Loan & Trust Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PORTÉR, J.;

This action was to recover the statutory penalty for failure of a mortgagee to enter satisfaction of a mortgage and for damages and attorney’s fees, under the provisions of sections 6471 and 6473 of the General Statutes of 1915. The plaintiff recovered judgment, from which the defendant appeals.

On the first day of June, 1908, the Atlas Building and Loan Association, hereinafter called the Atlas company, engaged in business at Lawrence, made an ordinary building loan of $1,000 to Lila B. Royer, the plaintiff, taking her note payable to the…