Heid v. Vreeland

The Vice-Chancellor.

This case presents but a single question : Is the defendant personally liable for the complainant’s debt ? The bill is filed to enforce the payment of a mortgage for $2,000, made by George R. Blakiston to the complainant, bearing date March 1st, 1873. The mortgaged premises were subsequently conveyed by Blakiston to the defendant, by deed bearing date December 1st, 1873. The bill alleges that this deed contains a covenant whereby the defendant became bound to pay the complainant’s mortgage. The deed is in evidence, and it is the only evidence before the court touching the…