Legal Opinion

Chapman v. Beardsley

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided September 15, 1862PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Bill for a foreclosure ; reserved by the superior court, on facts found, for the advice of this court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.

The principal facts which are material to a correct determination of this case may be extracted from the extended finding and re-stated in a few words.

Beardsley was the owner, (with his wife,) of three tracts of land, one of them known as the homestead, on which they lived. He borrowed $1,000 of the savings bank, gave a note for it, and mortgaged the three pieces of land to secure it. Afterwards he conveyed two of the tracts to Barker, who was acting for himself and the Pages, and as part of the consideration of the conveyance Barker agreed to assume and pay the note to the bank. The equity…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Atwood v. VincentSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1846

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. O'Neill v. CapelleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  2. Koch v. RothIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Zeiser v. . CohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  4. Whiteley v. Central Trust Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  5. In Re New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1971

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