Blass v. . Terry
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the late General Term of the-Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered August 10,1895, modifying and, as modified, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
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Appeal from a judgment of the late General Term of the-Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered August 10,1895, modifying and, as modified, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought against1 Georgianna B. S. Terry and Sarah L. Scofield to recover a deficiency .upon a sale of lands under mortgage foreclosure, half of which mortgage, it was alleged, had been assumed by the defendants as grantors, in a deed of an undivided one-lialf of the mortgaged premises. The…
1Opinion of the CourtO'Brien, J.
The plaintiffs recovered a judgment against-the defendant, a married woman, for the debt of a third party, which, it was claimed, the defendant had assumed and agreed to pay. The original debt was due to the plaintiffs from one Howell, who, on the 24th of August, 1887, gave a mortgage to secure it on certain lands in Ohio, where the debt was ere-" ated and the parties resided* It is alleged in the complaint that subsequently, and on the 18tli day of April, 1888, the defendants purchased a portion of the land covered by the mortgage, and assumed and agreed to pay the same to the extent of…
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