Legal Opinion
Bowery Savings Bank v. Nirenstein
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 3, 1935PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
This is an action to foreclose a purchase-
money mortgage given by the defendants upon the purchase of a dwelling house. The mortgage was originally for $20,000 but was reduced by payment on account of principal to $12,000. Subsequently, by means of a transaction the nature of which is not clear from the record, the mortgage was transferred to the plaintiff’s assignor, the Equitable Mortgage and Title Guaranty Company, and the amount increased to $14,000, apparently by a loan of $2,000 additional. At the same time an extension of the principal sum for three years was arranged. The answer sets…
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- Curtiss v. . TellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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