Cliffside Park Mortgage Co. v. Englewood

The C.H.G. Co. was about to execute to one Holtje a mortgage for $11,000 covering land in the city of Englewood. Complainant arranged to purchase this mortgage from Holtje, upon Holtje's agreement at his own expense, to furnish complainant with a title policy of the Peoples Trust and Guaranty Company. For the purpose of ascertaining what liens there might be against the land to be mortgaged, Peoples Company made written application to the collector of taxes of Englewood for a search for unpaid municipal liens and obtained his certificate of tax search showing only taxes of 1928 and 1929. The…