Bridgeport Savings Bank v. Eldredge
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill to redeem mortgaged premises. The plaintiffs were second mortgagees. The defendant Eldredge was the grantee of the premises from the Bridgeport bank, which was the first mortgagee.
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Bill to redeem mortgaged premises. The plaintiffs were second mortgagees. The defendant Eldredge was the grantee of the premises from the Bridgeport bank, which was the first mortgagee. The defendants set op in their answer a decree of foreclosure previously obtained by the Bridgeport bank against the present plaintiffs, the time limited by which for the redemption of the premises had expired before the present suit was brought, and averred that the bill of foreclosure was duly served upon the plaintiffs, and that the decree was passed with their full knowledge and acquiescence. On the trial…
1Opinion of the CourtStorks, C. J.
The plaintiffs being second mortgagees, and having acquired by foreclosure the ultimate right to redeem the mortgaged premises from the defendants, who have purchased and therefore represent the interest of the first mortgagee, have clearly the right of redemption sought by this bill, but for the objections urged by the defendants. It is only necessary therefore to notice those objections. The first involves the merits of the case on the facts found by the court, and is confined to the legal effect of the decree of foreclosure obtained by the Bridgeport Bank, under which the defendants claim.…
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