Legal Opinion
Neptune Insurance v. Dorsey
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
Decided December 15, 1850PublishedCited by 5 opinions
[The facts of the case are fully stated in the Chancellor’s opinion.]
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
The principal question in this case, which is brought before the Court upon exceptions to the report of the Auditor, relates to the right of claim No. 12 to be substituted to the amount thereof in the place of No. 1, which appears to be a prior lien upon the proceeds of the property sold under the decree of this Court.
Claim No. 1 is founded upon the mortgage of the property in question, by Rebecca Dorsey to the Neptune Insurance Company, bearing date on the 15th of April, 1843, to secure payment of the sum of $8,000, and which, by the assignment of the mortgagee, has become the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hollingsworth's Adm'x. v. FloydCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1827
- Creager v. BrengleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1821
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Security Insurance Co. of New Haven v. ManganCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- Barnard v. PatersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Board of Financial Control for Buncombe County v. Union Property Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1937
- Gannett v. BlodgettSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1859