Hatfield v. Reynolds
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL by the defendants from a judgment ordered at a special term, for the foreclosure of a mortgage and sale of the premises. The facts material to be known are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Emott, J.
The plaintiff, Hatfield, employed Charles A. Purdy, who was an attorney at law, to make a loan to the defendant Reynolds, and to take the bond and mortgage upon which this action is brought. Reynolds never had any negotiation or intercourse with Hatfield, and seems not even to have known him personally, until several years after the mortgage had been made; although he was of course aware that a man named Hatfield was his creditor. The bond and mortgage were left in Purdy’s possession, and continued in his possession until his death. He received the interest regularly…
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