Whitin v. Paul

This is a bill to redeem a mortgage which the defendant bolds as executrix of the will of Sidney S. Paul, and to charge her for her own and her testator’s neglect to collect certain mortgage notes given in addition to said mortgage as collateral security for the mortgage debt. The case comes before us on exceptions to a master’s report, which, in connection with the bill, answer, and exhibits, discloses the following facts, to wit: The complainant gave the mortgage to the defendant, then the wife of Sidney S. Paul, May 1, 1873, to secure his note for $9,000 payable to her or her order in five…