Lawson v. Nicholson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Green, whose opinion is reported in Lawson v. Carson, 5 Piole. Ch. Pep. 870.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by'
Beasley, C. J.
The essential facts of this case may be thus summarized :
On December 22d, 1858, Samuel A. Cook and John A. Cook,, having fallen in debt to Mary L. Lawson, who is now Mary L. Birckhead, one of the appellants, in the sum of $3,000, delivered to her their bond of that date, running for a year, the interest being payable semi-annually. ■ The bond was secured by a mortgage on property in the county of Camden. These instruments-were drawn by one Charles Leslie, a scrivener, resident in Philadelphia. Immediately upon their execution they were…
2Cited by1 opinion
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