Legal Opinion

Quinebaug Bank v. Brewster

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 15, 1862PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Bill for a foreclosure; reserved by the superior court, on a special finding of the facts, for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSanford, J.

This case comes up for our advice upon the report of the judge who tried it in the superior court.

The petitioners seek to foreclose a mortgage given by Peleg Rose, to secure the payment of his note for sis thousand dollars. Soon after the mortgage was given Rose went into insolvency, and the respondent is the trustee- of his insolvent estate. The answer alleges that the mortgage was made by the mortgagor in failing circumstances, with a view to insolvency, and for the purpose of preferring the bank to other creditors, and that it is by the statutes for the relief of insolvent debtors and the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Utley v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1855

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Ward v. WardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
  2. Knower v. Cadden Clothing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
  3. Dwyer v. RedmondSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
  4. Kronfeld v. Missal.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
  5. Commonwealth v. WigginsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915

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