Ahrens v. Kelly

Lewis, V. C.

The bill in this case is filed to foreclose a mortgage made by the defendant Patrick J. Kano, and Esther Kane, his wife, to William G. Ahrens. The instrument bears date the 7th day of March, 1913, and covers property at the corner of Bergen and Bramhall avenues, Jersey.City. The mortgage was for the sum of $10,000, and was second to one. held by the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust, Company for $23,000. Kane used the money (i. e., the $8,000 of the $10,000 paid on-the mortgage) in erecting an apartment-house, and also secured other sums from his mother, Mary Kelly, who…