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Cook v. Mancius

New York Court of Chancery

Decided January 19, 1821PublishedCited by 11 opinions

THE bill, filed August 6, 1818, stated, that the plaintiff, Cook, on the 9th of July, 1817, obtained a judgment in the Supreme Court, against the defendant, Visscher, for 1,725 dollars and 92 cents, which was in trust for the plaintiff, Kane.

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THE bill, filed August 6, 1818, stated, that the plaintiff, Cook, on the 9th of July, 1817, obtained a judgment in the Supreme Court, against the defendant, Visscher, for 1,725 dollars and 92 cents, which was in trust for the plaintiff, Kane. That a fi. fa. was issued on the judgment, under which, and other executions, the sheriff sold the personal property of V. for 357 dollars: and on the 24th of July, 1818, he sold at public auction, to the plaintiff C., as the highest bidder, for ten dollars, all the interest of K. in a certain piece of land in Water Vliet, of which V. was seized, subject…

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor.

The plaintiff Cook obtained ajudgmerit at law against the defendant Hisscher, on the 9th of Ju/y, 18 j7. There was, at that time, aud had been for some time previously, a suit pending in this Court, by Henry Ostrom, to foreclose a mortgage given by Gerrit G. Van Zandt. The defendant Vesscher, who was a purchaser under Van Zandt, and owned the equity of redemption, was a party to the bill of foreclosure. A decree for the sale of the mortgaged premises was obtained on the 25th of ■May, 1818, and a sale made by the master on the 21st of July, 1818, and the defendant Mancius became…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Haines v. BeachNew York Court of Chancery · 1818

3Cited by11 opinions

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  2. Whitney v. HigginsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1858
  3. Merchants National Bank v. GoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Carlin v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
  5. Darling v. OsborneSupreme Court of Vermont · 1878

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