Merwin v. Romanelli
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Arpead by the plaintiff, George P. Herwin,- from- a Judgment of the Supreme Gourd in favor of the defendant Yittoria Eomanelli, entered in the office of the clerk qf the county of Kings on the 26,th day of January, 1910, upon the decisión of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
"Woodward, J.:
This action was brought for the foreclosure of a mortgage upon real property located in the borough of Brooklyn. The mortgage was executed and delivered on the 22d day of Hatch, 1907, by the, defenda'nt, Yittoria Eomanelli, to one Saverio Gallo, but it. clearly appears from the evidence that Gallo was merely the 'dummy for the plaintiff in this action, and that the mortgage in-question,.given for $1,350, was delivered upon the actual payment of but $900, the sum of $450 having "been retained by Gallo for alleged commissions, but in reality for the benefit off the plaintiff, to…
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