Lansing v. Albany Insurance
New York Court of Chancery
On bill of review. The Chancellor being a stockholder in the Albany Insurance Company, had declined to hear this cause; and the r _ • „ cause was now heard before the chief Justice. Ihe tacts are So fully stated by him, in giving his opinion, that no farther statement is deemed necessary.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Savage
The plaintiffs state, that on the * e e 4th February, 1822, the defendants filed their bill to foreclose two mortgages, executed by the plaintiffs to secure the payment of $11,500, for which notes were given on the 15th September, 1817, signed by John Lansing, jun. and endorsed by Sanders Lansing. That the plaintiffs discovering that they had never executed such mortgages as were set forth in said bill, put in their plea to that effect, which was afterwards withdrawn, the-plaintiffs assenting that the cause should proceed in the usual course, which was accordingly done. A reference was…
2Cited by1 opinion
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