New Jersey Building Loan & Investment Co. v. Lord
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This is an appeal from a final decree of the court of chancery, made upon a bill taken as confessed for want of a plea, demurrer or answer. A bill for foreclosure and sale was exhibited in the court of chancery in October, 1903, by the New Jersey Building Loan and Investment Company, complainant, against George R. Lord, executor of the will of Mary E. Lord, deceased, and others, defendants.
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This is an appeal from a final decree of the court of chancery, made upon a bill taken as confessed for want of a plea, demurrer or answer. A bill for foreclosure and sale was exhibited in the court of chancery in October, 1903, by the New Jersey Building Loan and Investment Company, complainant, against George R. Lord, executor of the will of Mary E. Lord, deceased, and others, defendants. This bill was founded upon a deed of mortgage made by the defendant George R. Lord, executor as aforesaid, to the complainant, of and upon certain lands in West Asbury Park, Monmouth county, with condition…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court (the foregoing statement having been made) was delivered by
Green, J.
The appeal from the final decree, which bears the number eleven hundred and seventy-one on the docket of this court, is the only appeal now before us. It will, nevertheless, add clearness to the present discussion if an earlier appeal, bearing the number eleven hundred and fifty-eight on the docket, be first briefly mentioned.
This earlier appeal was taken from the order of March 31st, 1903, whereby it was directed that the master’s report on the exceptions for insufficiency stand confirmed, the answer…
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