Mutual Life Insurance v. Voorhis
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Rockland county. Action by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York against Annie Voorhis and others to have certain land declared subject to the lien of a mortgage, and for incidental relief. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
Peter Voorhis owned a lot of land in Nyack, Rockland county, bounded on the east by the Hudson river. On the 25th of April, 1872, he executed a mortgage, in which his wife joined, to the plaintiff, to secure a loan of $40,000. This mortgage was foreclosed, and on the 23d of July, 1873, was sold under a decree in the foreclosure action. The plaintiff bought in the property for $10,000, and duly entered a judgment for the deficiency, *530which was $32,853.40, on the 9th of December, 1880. On the 30 th day of November, 1872, Peter Voorhis applied to the commissioners of the land office for a grant…
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