Bell v. Ward
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in equity to foreclose a mortgage executed by David P. Hall to Gerrit Smith, December 20, 1854, on land in Newport, Rhode Island, to secure the payment of $4,000 with interest at seven per centum per annum, in one year from date. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Beayton, O. J.
This bill is brought to foreclose a mortgage executed by David P. Hall to one Gerrit Smith, to secure the payment of a bond of Hall to said Smith for the sum of $4,000. The date of the bond and mortgage was December 5, 1854. Smith afterwards assigned the bond and mortgage to his sister Ann Smith, who thereafter married William G. Bell; and this bill was brought by Bell and wife against the said Hall in his lifetime, and others. Hall filed his answer to the bill, and testimony was taken, when he died, and the parties who succeeded to his interest were made parties defendant to…
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