Rentz v. Eckert
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for an accounting and for a partition or sale of real estate owned by tenants in common, brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County and tried to the court, George W. Wheeler, J.; the facts were found and an order passed directing a sale of the premises and payment of the avails into court, and at the next term of court a supplemental judgment was rendered (Shumway, J!) confirming the sale and distributing the net proceeds between the parties in accordance with…
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Action for an accounting and for a partition or sale of real estate owned by tenants in common, brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County and tried to the court, George W. Wheeler, J.; the facts were found and an order passed directing a sale of the premises and payment of the avails into court, and at the next term of court a supplemental judgment was rendered (Shumway, J!) confirming the sale and distributing the net proceeds between the parties in accordance with the contention of the defendant. Afterward, at the same term, the court, Shumway, J., set aside its supplemental…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The plaintiff and defendant were equal owners as tenants in common of the land sold by order of court. At the time of the commencement of this suit, the land was subject to their joint mortgage for $1,800 to the Winsted Savings Bank. The plaintiff afterwards, and without the defendant’s knowledge, mortgaged his own interest for $300. Without knowing of the existence of the second mortgage, the Superior Court ordered the land sold subject to the first mortgage. The committee appointed to make the sale reported that he had sold the equity^ of redemption above the mortgaged value of $2,100, for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnson v. OlmstedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- Lacon v. DavenportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1844
- Simpson v. HallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879
- Cox v. McClureSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1901
3Cited by9 opinions
- Levay v. LevaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- Varley v. VarleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Gaer Bros., Inc. v. MottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Ellis v. First National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- McWilliams v. MortonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
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