Thompson v. West

Stevens, V. C.

This is a bill to foreclose a mortgage given by John West to Mary West. Mary West died intestate in March, 1886. Her property consisted of a house and lot in Middletown, and of the mortgage of $3,300, which is being foreclosed in this suit. Ho letters of administration upon her estate were issued until June, 1894. Her daughters, Caroline and Rebecca, were her only heirs-at-law and next of kin. Although no letters of administration were taken out, John West, the mortgagor, paid the daughters interest on the mortgage until the death of Rebecca, in July, 1889. Then he paid it to…