Belmont v. Cornen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Debt on a bond; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield 'County, and tried to the jury before Sanford, J. The bond was for the payment to the plaintiff of the sum of $60,000, was executed in the state of New York and there payable, and was secured by a mortgage of real estate in that state.
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Debt on a bond; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield 'County, and tried to the jury before Sanford, J. The bond was for the payment to the plaintiff of the sum of $60,000, was executed in the state of New York and there payable, and was secured by a mortgage of real estate in that state. The defendant pleaded the general issue, with notice that he should claim and offer evidence to prove—that the mortgage had been foreclosed in the state of New York and the mortgaged property sold under a decree of the court, that by the laws of New York after a foreclosure no proceedings at law upon…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This suit is upon a bond to a citizen of the state of New York, secured by a mortgage of property there situated. Prior to this suit a bill for foreclosure had been brought in the courts of that state and a decree rendered thereon, and the mortgaged premises had been sold pursuant to such decree according to the laws of that state, and the net proceeds applied on the bond—leaving however a large amount unpaid, to recover which this suit was brought against the obligor of the bond and mortgagor residing in this state. The court below rendered judgment for the plaintiff.
The defendant’s motion…
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