Kendall v. Tracy, Hathaway & Hathaway
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition to foreclose a mortgage. Heard, on bill, answer, and a master’s report, at tbe December term, 1889. Ross, chancellor, decreed foreclosure as to all the defendants. The defendants Hathaway appeal. The opinion states the case. A payment having been made on the note within fifteen years, the mortgage is in force as against the entire premises.
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Petition to foreclose a mortgage. Heard, on bill, answer, and a master’s report, at tbe December term, 1889. Ross, chancellor, decreed foreclosure as to all the defendants. The defendants Hathaway appeal. The opinion states the case. A payment having been made on the note within fifteen years, the mortgage is in force as against the entire premises. Richmond v. Aiken, 25 Yt. 234 ; Wiers & Peck v. Nelson, 26 Yt. 13 ; Wright d¡ Ainsworth v. Lake, 30 Yt. 206; Townsend v. Downer, 32 Yt. 183 ; Robert’s Digest 553; Hollister v. Young 59 Yt. 1. Equity follows the law and a suit in ejectment would…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
TYLER, J.
This is a petition to foreclose a mortgage. It was taken as confessed as to the defendant Tracy. Defendants Hathaway answered, claiming the benefit of the statute of limitations, and the case was referred to a master, who reported that the petitioner, Jan. 2, 1866, sold and conveyed a farm in Hart-land to defendant Tracy and took back from him a mortgage on the farm to secure the payment of Tracy’s promissory note of that date for $2,600, payable to the petitioner on demand with interest annually ; that Dec. 23, 1871, Tracy, by a warranty deed…
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- Hollister v. YorkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1886
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