Greenwood v. Robbins

The bill seeks the foreclosure of a purchase-money mortgage. The deed of conveyance from complainant to the mortgagor, which deed was executed simultaneously with the mortgage to complainant, contains a covenant of general warranty of title. Defendants by their amended answer seek a credit on the mortgage, as an abatement from the purchase price, based upon the claim that the deed of conveyance conveyed less land than was bargained for. The specific claim of defendants is that complainant was without title to a portion of the land contained within the boundaries described in the deed of…