Getman v. Getman
New York Court of Chancery
This was an appeal from a decree of the vice chancellor of the fourth circuit, dismissing the complainants’ bill, with costs. In 1831, G. T. Getman was the owner of a farm in the Stone Arabia patent in the county of Montgomery; and on the 26th of June in that year, he and his wife mortgaged the premises to S. Cogswell, to secure the payment of about $400 in two years, with annual interest.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the vice chancellor of the fourth circuit, dismissing the complainants’ bill, with costs. In 1831, G. T. Getman was the owner of a farm in the Stone Arabia patent in the county of Montgomery; and on the 26th of June in that year, he and his wife mortgaged the premises to S. Cogswell, to secure the payment of about $400 in two years, with annual interest. In December, 1824, they gave a second bond and mortgage upon the premises to the defendants, Adam Getman and Christopher Getman, to secure the payment of about $200 and interest, in November, 1826. The…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
It is not pretended in this case that the defendants were to redeem the premises for the benefit of the judgment debtor, or of any person who had any right to redeem the same from the sheriff’s sale. The substance of the agreement, as stated in the bill, was that the defendants were to sell and convey the right which they should obtain, by the purchase from Van Alstyne, to the children of the judgment debtor, at any time within six years, for the price they should pay for the same, with the interest thereon. But there was no agreement on the part of the children, or by the…
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