Gerald v. Gerald

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McIver.

The sole question raised by this appeal is as to the validity of the mortgage, which the plaintiff by this action seeks to foreclose. The facts as found by the master, whose findings are fully concurred in by the Circuit Judge, are substantially as follows: Sometime in 1876 the defendant, William C. Gerald, being then solvent and out of debt, bought a house and lot in the town of Camden, and had the same conveyed to the plaintiff, his wife. On October 1, 1882, the plaintiff took out a policy of fire insurance on the house, and when…