Bostwick v. Powers

Plaintiff, assignee of a mortgage executed by Charles Powers in his life time to one Milton Braddley, forecloses, making, among others, Richard B. Hill a defendant, who claimed to be a subsequent purchaser of a part of the mortgaged premises.

In the registration of said mortgage the recording officer failed to give any other description of the property mortgaged in the appropriate column of index entries than the following, viz: “ Certain lots of land.” The mortgage in other respects was duly recorded. Denying actual notice, *457the defendant claims that the above index entries were too imperfect…