McMahon v. Schoonmaker

Pitney, V. C.

This is a bill to quiet title.

The complainant’s title is based upon a sheriff’s sale and deed, under a judgment recovered against the devisees of James J. Brinkerhoff, deceased, founded upon a bond executed by James J. Brinkerhoff in his lifetime. The defendant claims a mort*96gage lien upon an undivided share of the premises by virtue of a conveyance, by way of mortgage, executed prior to the commencement of the action resulting in the judgment, by George A. Brinkerhoff, who was one of the sons of Jacob Brinkerhoff, who was a son of James J. Brinkerhoff, the testator, and was named…