Legal Opinion · Dissent

Wesselman v. Engel Co.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 10, 1955Published

1DissentDye, J.

In this action to foreclose a mortgage and to enforce a guarantee of its payment, the defendants-appellants in the Appellate Division appealed from so much of the judgment of foreclosure and sale as directed (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1083) a judgment for deficiency against The Engel Company, Inc., as obligor, and the estate of G-eorge C. Engel, as guarantor. The Appellate Division affirmed by a divided court. The appeal is here as of right.

While the appellants concede that plaintiffs had a right to foreclose their mortgage, which was in default for nonpayment of interest, they nonetheless contend…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Cross v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Catskill National Bank v. DumaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  3. Riordan v. FergusonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  4. Powers v. . ClarkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  5. White v. WielandtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940

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