Seymour v. Darrow
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decree of the court, of chancery. This was a petition for the foreclosure of a mortgage. The following'facts appeared in the case: On the 27th of August, 1850, Merritt S. Darrow and Jay F. Darrow executed and delivered to the petitioner the following written instrument: “Value received, I promise to pay to the order of Henry E. Seymour one thousand dollars, on demand and use, and this note is collateral and to secure said Seymour any note, demand, agreement…
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Appeal from the decree of the court, of chancery. This was a petition for the foreclosure of a mortgage. The following'facts appeared in the case: On the 27th of August, 1850, Merritt S. Darrow and Jay F. Darrow executed and delivered to the petitioner the following written instrument: “Value received, I promise to pay to the order of Henry E. Seymour one thousand dollars, on demand and use, and this note is collateral and to secure said Seymour any note, demand, agreement or liability he has of, against, by, or on account of me, or me and my brother Jay F. Darrow, or for any trouble, cost or…
1Opinion of the Court
Redfield, Ch. J.
This is a bill to foreclose the equity of redemption in land, mortgaged to the plaintiff by the defendant M. S. Darrow, February 25, 1851. The defendant, Brainerd, had a mortgage upon the same premises, or part of the same, from M. S. Darrow, dated January 31, 1854. The only question in the case was in regard to the validity and extent of the plaintiffs mortgage as against Brainerd. The plaintiff’s mortgage was expressed upon the registry in these words : “ All the notes and 'agreements I now owe, or have with him, and others jointly and severally have with him ; also, if I…
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