Trenton Banking Co. v. Woodruff
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On the 24th of September, 1832, the complainants filed a bill for foreclosure, against Thomas L. Woodruff and Ann his wife, George Woodruff and Zachariah Rossell, trustees of the said Ann Woodruff.
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On the 24th of September, 1832, the complainants filed a bill for foreclosure, against Thomas L. Woodruff and Ann his wife, George Woodruff and Zachariah Rossell, trustees of the said Ann Woodruff. The bill states, that on the second day of March, 1821, Thomas L. Woodruff and Ann his wife, to secure the payment of a bond bearing date the same day, given by Thomas L. Woodruff to Zachariah Rossell, for one thousand seven hundred dollars, payable on the 2d of March, 1822, with interest, executed to Rossell a mortgage upon the undivided half-part of a house and lot on the north side of…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
Thomas L. Woodruff, being the owner in fee of a irioiety of a house and lot of land in the city of Trenton, executed, in conjunction with his wife, on that property three mortgages. The first bears date the 2d of March, 1821, and is made to Zachariah Rossell, to secure the payment to him of a bond of the same date, for one thousand seven hundred dollars. This mortgage is recorded on the same day it bears date. The second mortgage bears the same date with the first, and is made to Israel Co rle, to secure to him the payment of three thousand dollars. This mortgage is recorded on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Stewart v. StewartNew York Court of Chancery · 1823
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