Reed v. Eastman
Supreme Court of Vermont
[In Chancery.] Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The petition alleged that on May 8, 1866, Luke Eastman executed a mortgage of certain land to George P. Howe, conditioned for the payment of said Eastman’s four promissory notes of that date, for $250 each, payable in five, six, &c. years, with interest annually, and on the same day executed another mortgage of the same land to Martin P. Richardson, conditioned for the payment of said Eastman’s eight promissory notes of that…
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[In Chancery.] Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The petition alleged that on May 8, 1866, Luke Eastman executed a mortgage of certain land to George P. Howe, conditioned for the payment of said Eastman’s four promissory notes of that date, for $250 each, payable in five, six, &c. years, with interest annually, and on the same day executed another mortgage of the same land to Martin P. Richardson, conditioned for the payment of said Eastman’s eight promissory notes of that date for $515, $535, $545, $555, $565, $575, $585, and $595, respectively, the first of which was payable on November 1,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Boyce, J.
The petition in this case is brought by the orator as assignee, to foreclose a mortgage given by Luke Eastman to C. J. Gleason, to secure the payment of certain notes executed by said Eastman and made payable to said Gleason, and which were transferred to the orator and the mortgage assigned to him. The defendant Whitcomb, after the execution of said mortgage, became the owner of Luke Eastman’s equity of redemption in the premises described in said mortgage, and alleges in his answer that in the notes so given by the said Eastman to Gleason,…
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