Freund v. Yaegerman
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
In Equity. Creditors’ bill. When the mortgage in question herein was executed by Mr. Yae-german, he was insolvent. It covered ail of his property except a small amount exempt from execution. The first of the following opinions was delivered February 23, 1886.
1Opinion of the Court
Treat, J.,
(orally.) The facts, as developed in this case, in a few words, are these: Mr. Yaegerman, having a business establishment, executed a mortgage for an antecedent debt to Miss Betsy Holts, which debt it is alleged had existed for some two or three years. That mortgage, from its terms, was inoperative; in that there were provisions which the law does not tolerate. It occurred to the attorneys of the parties, very properly, that the provisions of that mortgage might invalidate it; therefore it was thought a general assignment should be made under the state law. It was made. The assignee…
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