Ætna Life Ins. v. Bishop
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Warren Gweuit Gov/rt. Action to foreclose a mortgage. Certain junior lien holders, as the plaintiff claimed, were made defendants. The court found and determined that plaintiff’s mortgage was the junior lien, and it appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Seevers, L.
-On the seventeenth day of September, 1877 *646one Lake executed the mortgage sought to be foreclosed to the plaintiff, which mortgage was filed for record on the same day, and duly recorded. In 1878, Lake conveyed to one Gray, and the conveyance contains this statement: “Subject to a mortgage lien of five hundred dollars, and interest from January 1, 1878, payable annually, and due in five years from that date, to the .¿Etna Insurance Company.” Gray conveyed to Griffin, and the conveyance contains a like statement; and Griffin to Yensmaster, which deed contained a like stipulation. In…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Brush v. WareSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
- White v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of Iowa · 1869
- Baker v. MatherMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
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