Bissell v. Kellogg
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL," by the defendant, from a judgment rendered on the report of a referee. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Taloott, J.
This is an action in equity to remove a cloud upon the title to land belonging to the plaintiff Bissell, which cloud consists of a mortgage executed in 1858, by the plaintiff Adams, and alleged to be usurious. One Lampson held a mortgage upon other property of the plaintiff Adams, for the nominal amount of $4000, but in fact executed as an indemnity for indorsements, or liability on the notes of Adams. There was actually but about $3000 due to Lampson on the mortgage when the transaction between the plaintiff Adams and the defendant Kellogg occurred. That transaction…
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