Reynolds v. Ruckman

CooiiEY, Ch. J.:

The bill in this case was filed to foreclose a mortgage given by the defendant William Ruckman to complainant on the 24th day of June, 1871, to indemnify complainant for having become security for said Ruckman on certain specified notes, and also against future liability as endorser or acceptor of the mortgagor’s paper to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars. The mortgage was duly acknowledged and recorded, *78and complainant claimed to have paid seven thousand dollars for Ruckman for which he was entitled to indemnity under it. Lewis Emery, Jr., was made defendant a*…