Howard v. Handy
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
IN Equity. The bill charges that the defendant, Jeremiah. Johnson, being the owner of a certain lot of land, together with the rope-walk and machinery pertaining thereto, and other buildings thereon, situated in Portsmouth, on the first day of October, 1850, mortgaged the same to one William B. Yincent, with a condition to pay to Yincent, his heirs or assigns, the sum of $1,644.78, according to the tenor of Johnson’s note for that sum, dated the same day, and payable to…
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IN Equity. The bill charges that the defendant, Jeremiah. Johnson, being the owner of a certain lot of land, together with the rope-walk and machinery pertaining thereto, and other buildings thereon, situated in Portsmouth, on the first day of October, 1850, mortgaged the same to one William B. Yincent, with a condition to pay to Yincent, his heirs or assigns, the sum of $1,644.78, according to the tenor of Johnson’s note for that sum, dated the same day, and payable to Yincent or order, on demand, with interest: That afterwards, on the 14th day of January, 1852, in pursuance of a bargain…
1Opinion of the Court
EastmáN, J.
The facts in this case, as gathered from the bill, and from the answers, so far as they are responsive to the bill, and from the evidence, may be condensed into the following statement:
The defendant, Johnson, being the owner of a lot of land in Portsmouth, together with the rope-walk and machinery connected therewith, on the first day of October, 1850, mortgaged the same to one Vincent, to secure a note of that date for the sum of $1,644.78, payable to Vincent, or order, on demand, with interest.
On the 14th day of January, 1851, Johnson being then in possession of the premises, and…
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