Woodward v. Laporte
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trustee Process. Heard on the report of a commissioner at the June Term, 1897, Caledonia County, Rowell, y., presiding. Judgment that the trustee is chargeable. The claimant excepted. Hoffman, mentioned in the opinion, was the plaintiff’s attorney in bringing the action, and, before its co'mmencement, was shown the mortgage in question while examining the records in the town clerk’s office under the employment of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
The trustee purchased certain property of the defendant for the agreed price of $600, for which he gave the defendant his promissory note and secured its payment by a chattel mortgage upon the property. The mortgage was duly recorded June 6, 1895. The trustee subsequently paid the defendant $100 and the accrued interest on the note, and the payment was indorsed thereon; the remainder of the note is still unpaid. The defendant afterwards sold the note and mortgage to the claimant for $475 and indorsed and delivered them to him, and the claimant had paid him therefor before the service of the…
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