Buckley v. Zagrodny

As administrator of the estate of William r. Conklin, the plaintiff seeks foreclosure of a second mortgage on Stamford property of the defendant. To the complaint, the defendant has addressed four special defenses and a counter-claim asking that the mortgage be declared null and void and that the plaintiff be required to effect its release and deliver up the outstanding mortgage note.

On February 6, 1928, Mr. Zagrodny, as owner of a Stamford dwelling, executed a second mortgage thereon, in the principal sum of $1,000, to the late Mr. Conklin. This encumbrance, payable three years from its…