Truscott v. . King
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the third district, where a decree of the late vice-chancellor of the eighth circuit, dismissing the plaintiffs’ bill, had been affirmed.
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Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the third district, where a decree of the late vice-chancellor of the eighth circuit, dismissing the plaintiffs’ bill, had been affirmed. (Reported below, 6 Barb. 346.) This was a bill in equity, filed in the late court of chancery, by George Truscott and John C. Green, against the defendant, King, to have a mortgage for $50,000 upon certain real estate in the city of Buffalo, given to them by Russell S. Brown and Rodman Starkweather, on the 15th September 1837, declared to be a prior lien to a judgment confessed by Brown and Starkweather,…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The bill, filed in this cause, alleges that Russell S. Brown, being indebted to Truscott and Green in a large sum of money, in order to secure a part thereof, on the 15th day of September, 1837, executed his bond to them in the penalty of $100,000, conditioned for the payment of $50,000 with interest as therein mentioned; and that…
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