Legal Opinion
Andrews v. Torrey
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided May 15, 1862PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The bill is filed to foreclose a mortgage upon a lot in Jersey City, given by Torrey and wife to Thomas B. Oakley, of the city of New York, and by him assigned to the complainant. The mortgage bears date on the sixteenth of April, 1861, and is made to secure the payment of a bond of even date for $1800, payable on the sixteenth of June, 1861, with interest at seven per cent.
The answer of the mortgagor admits the execution of the bond and mortgage, but denies the existence of the indebtedness, and alleges that the bond is usurious, fraudulent, and void/
The first ground of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- De Wolf v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
- Boehm v. BoehmNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1917
- Shannon v. WattNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1916
- Fish v. HarrisonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1917
3Cited by4 opinions
- Atlantic Seaboard Co. v. Borough of Seaside ParkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955
- Davenport v. O'ConnellNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1935
- Neise v. KrumackerNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1945
- Atlantic Seaboard Co. v. Borough of Seaside ParkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949