Dennett v. Perkins

De Courcy, J,

The plaintiff was the owner of certain real estate subject to two mortgages, one of $15,000 and one of $1,500, given by his grantor to Charles B. Perkins, 'deceased. There being a breach in the condition of the larger mortgage, the defendants, as trustees under the will of Perkins, proceeded to foreclose the mortgage, acting under the power of sale therein. On the day advertised, February 24, 1910, the property was sold to the plaintiff’s wife, as the highest bidder, and she made a deposit of $300 and signed an agreement providing that she should forfeit this sum to the use of…