Cicchini v. Maioriello

Sloane, J.,

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, seek, by this bill in equity, to cancel a bond and mort*345gage, secured against premises owned by the husband. They allege that, because they could not read or write English, they did not know what they signed or executed,. and were imposed upon by defendant’s husband, since, they allege, they owe nothing to defendant or her husband, and therefore had no reason to execute the bond and its accompanying mortgage.

Defendant answered and said that the bond and its associated instrument, the mortgage, were given by plaintiffs to defendant, as nominee of her…