Hillhouse v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to foreclose two mortgages of real estate, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to tbe court, Bishop, -7.; upon the facts found the court ruled that the plaintiff’s first mortgage took precedence of all other incumbrances, but that her second mortgage for $1,500 was subordinate to the mechanics’ liens claimed by the defendants Grady and Igo, and rendered judgment accordingly, from which the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings and findings…
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Action to foreclose two mortgages of real estate, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to tbe court, Bishop, -7.; upon the facts found the court ruled that the plaintiff’s first mortgage took precedence of all other incumbrances, but that her second mortgage for $1,500 was subordinate to the mechanics’ liens claimed by the defendants Grady and Igo, and rendered judgment accordingly, from which the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The facts found are substantially as follows: On July 26th,. 1899, the title and possession of the land…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is an action to foreclose two mortgages the first of f3,600 and the second of $1,500. The question involved is one of priority of liens. The plaintiff claims that both of her mortgages should take precedence of the two mechanics’ liens of the defendants Grady and Igo, while they contend that their liens should be given priority over the plaintiff’s second mortgage. No question is made as to the priority of the first mortgage. The services and materials for which the liens are claimed were mostly rendered and furnished by Grady and Igo, while the legal title, subject to a mortgage to the…
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