Middletown Savings Bank v. Fellowes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill to foreclose a mortgage; brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County. The respondents were F. Fellowes, the mortgagor, and Erastus Phelps, who claimed a prior builder’s lien upon the property. The following facts were found by a committee: On the 1st day of May, 1869, the premises in question were owned in fee by one Roswell 0. Smith.
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Bill to foreclose a mortgage; brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County. The respondents were F. Fellowes, the mortgagor, and Erastus Phelps, who claimed a prior builder’s lien upon the property. The following facts were found by a committee: On the 1st day of May, 1869, the premises in question were owned in fee by one Roswell 0. Smith. H. & S. Bissell had previously contracted to purchase the property, and had obtained from Smith a written contract or bond for a deed. They were to pay for it in part by conveying to Smith a dwelling house worth about $20,000, and of which they had…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The contention in this case is as to priority of lien ; the plaintiffs claiming as mortgagees, and the defendant Phelps under a mechanic’s lien for materials 'furnished and services rendered.
*48The claim of each party is founded in the highest equity. The amounts involved are large, so large that the property, though found to he worth $50,000, is insufficient for their payment. ¥e have endeavored to give the question that careful consideration which its importance demands.
On the 12th of June, 1869, the premises in question belonged, and for a long time previously had belonged, to the lato Mr. R.…
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