Crane v. Leclere

Decision herein turns upon a narrow question, and it is difficult to say whether it be one of fact or.one of law. The plaintiff relies upon an unrecorded deed, executed by the son of defendant Leclere to this appellant, which deed contained a clause assuming the mortgage debt. The defendant Leclere was the original debtor and mortgagor. He conveyed the property to his son, who held the same in trust only for his father. The record before us discloses hostility between the two defendants. It discloses that the plaintiff has had the active aid of the debtor Leclere,. as against his epdefendant,…