Eddy v. Campbell

Stiness, C. J.(1) The complainant seeks to foreclose a mortgage given by Henry C. Mathewson to Thomas G-. Potter, dated February 7, 1876, which, it is claimed, was transferred by said Potter to the complainant’s intestate, Thomas W. Eddy, as collateral security for debts due from Potter to him.. The mortgage was recorded, but the transfer was not recorded, and it is said to be lost. The mortgage and notes secured by it are also said to be lost; so that the complainant’s bill seeks to foreclose a mortgage, given twenty-five years ago, which is lost, to secure a debt evidenced by lost notes…