Davis v. Flagg

Bird, V. C.

There were two mortgages on the lands of the defendant, Mrs. *110Elagg;"one of them was given to the Mutual Life Insurance Company for $4,000, and one to Abram Baldwin for $11,000. Baldwin procured an assignment of the former to himself, and filed a bill to foreclose the latter-, and also, it is alleged, filed a bill to foreclose the former in the name of one McCoon, to whom it had formally been assigned. The bill filed in the name of McCoon was dismissed on motion of his counsel July 9th, 1881. On March the 17th, 1881, Baldwin filed his bill to foreclose the $11,000 mortgage. On the…