In re Leckie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioners, Peter Leckie and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 29th day of January, 1909, denying the appellants’ application herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The appellants Leckie held a mortgage upon real property in the city of Hew York, which was lost after it was placed on record.
Section 270a of the Real Property Law [Laws of 1896, chap. 547, § 270a, added by Laws of 1903, chap. 490, and amd. by Laws of 1907, chap. 289] provides that in counties wholly embraced in a city of the first class, no mortgage shall be discharged of record unless, in addition to the satisfaction piece, there shall be presented to the recording officer for cancellation the original mortgage, or a certified copy of an order dispensing with the production *817of…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Macstan Realty Corp. v. HlavacNew York Supreme Court · 1965
- Wellbrock v. HaasAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1921