Ames v. Miller

From findings and a decree adverse to him the plaintiff in the court below appeals his cause to this court. In the *206controversy is involved the question of conflicting rights and interests, as between the plaintiff, who is the transferee before maturity of a negotiable promissory note secured by a mortgage on real estate, the lien of which he is seeking by this action to enforce, and the appellee, Wolcott, who claims such real estate as a bona-fide purchaser for value divested of any lien asserted by plaintiff arising by virtue of the provisions of the mortgage he holds. While other questions…