Dorr v. Shaw
New York Court of Chancery
THE bill stated, that in April, 1813, David Stafford was seised of seventy-two acres of land, and his son P. S. of thirty acres of land adjoining. In April, 1813, they executed a judgment bond to the defendant, for the payment of. 437 dollars, with interest. On this bond, judgment was soon after entered up in the Court of C. P. of Washington county.
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THE bill stated, that in April, 1813, David Stafford was seised of seventy-two acres of land, and his son P. S. of thirty acres of land adjoining. In April, 1813, they executed a judgment bond to the defendant, for the payment of. 437 dollars, with interest. On this bond, judgment was soon after entered up in the Court of C. P. of Washington county. On the 1st of October, 1813, D. S. executed ajudgment bond to Worthey Waters, lor 1,600 dollars, on which a judgment was on the same day entered up. In May, 1817, the seventy-two acres of land of which D. S. was seised, were sold under an…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
This case presents complicated relations ; but it may be illustrated in an easy manner. The defendant holds a judgment against A. and B. binding upon seventy-two acres of land owned by A., and thirty acres of land owned by B. It does not appear whether A. and B. were both principal debtors. They were father and son, and the pleadings are silent as to the origin of the judgment debt. The plaintiff is assignee of a younger judgment against A. only, and binding on the seventy-two acres. It does not appear when the plaintiff became such assignee. The bill only states, that he took…
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