Williams v. Storrs
New York Court of Chancery
ARTHUR MAGILL, of Middletown, in the state of Connecticut, was owner of part of lot No. 15, in Leyden, in this state, containing 129 acres of land; and was assignee of a bond and a mortgage of land in Leyden, executed the 20th of October, 1804, by William JenJcs, one of the defendants.
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ARTHUR MAGILL, of Middletown, in the state of Connecticut, was owner of part of lot No. 15, in Leyden, in this state, containing 129 acres of land; and was assignee of a bond and a mortgage of land in Leyden, executed the 20th of October, 1804, by William JenJcs, one of the defendants. By letter, dated the 19th of June, 1811, M. authorized the defendant, Henry R. Storrs, of Whitestown, in Oneida county, an attorney and counsellor at law, to collect the money due on the mortgage, and to cause the mortgaged premises to be sold, and if the land did not sell for enough to pay the debt, to buy hi…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor,
The only question is, whether the *356defendant, Storrs, shall be charged with interest on the sums admitted by him in his answer to have been received.
On the 19th of Juñe, 1811, Arthur Magill employed him by letter, and put into his hands a mortgage executed by William Jenhs, and assigned by the mortgage to Magill, which the defendant, S., was directed to put in suit, and if the land should not sell for money enough to pay the debt, Ma-gill requested the defendant to buy in the land for Magill, and to sell it, payable partly in cash and partly on credit, by instalments, secured by…
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