Quinebaug Bank v. French
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery to redeem mortgaged premises, and for a conveyance of title. On the 7th of October, 1831, Lewis Bradford mortgaged a piece of land in the city of Hartford, whereof he was then seised in fee, to Horace Olcott, to secure a note of that date for 850 dollars, payable in ten years, with annual interest.
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This was a bill in chancery to redeem mortgaged premises, and for a conveyance of title. On the 7th of October, 1831, Lewis Bradford mortgaged a piece of land in the city of Hartford, whereof he was then seised in fee, to Horace Olcott, to secure a note of that date for 850 dollars, payable in ten years, with annual interest. On the 25th of April, 1837, Bradford, by a warranty deed, in the usual form, conveyed the same land, free of incum-Lrauc o, ]feroce Bando in, v wwire a 8o,,d ••!' 50t¡0 dollar-. wbu h f re 'tout ec.7 mi en t< w<> j ', ■ a, t . ,⅛ ⅝ u 3 him fi-r ’od'ii'CUV'f!,'-' at the…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Ch. I.
The defendant claims he is proprietor of the Goodwin mortgage, which he says, is not extinguished.
He claims, that he has the legal estate, and also has at least equal equity. As it is the peculiar province of a court oí equity to protect equitable interests, we do not think that the fact of she plaintiffs having taken up Olcott's mortgage, can have any important influence upon the question before the e isn't. We are to enquire what are the equitable rights of the parties. It is admitted, that the plaintiffs attached iht lau l'iibjeet t J th" clam,- of OLott and Goodwin. But…
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