Lawrence v. Conlon

This is a motion to punish the defendant Marks for contempt of court. The action is to foreclose a mortgage. It appears from the affidavits handed up on this motion that on November 18, 1898, the said Marks and wife conveyed the premises No. 10 West One Hundred and Fourteenth street to the defendant Zoeller, who agreed to pay $15,000 therefor and assume a mortgage of $12,000. On the closing of the title on said November 18th, it was contracted between the parties, i. e., Zoeller and Marks, that in lieu of the sum of $350, due on the purchase price, the said Zoeller would give Marks a lease of…