TOWNSEND v. TODD ET AL.


91 U.S. 452 (____)

TOWNSEND v. TODD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John S. Beach for the appellant.

Mr. Simeon E. Baldwin, contra.


MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.

The validity of the mortgage of $50,000 is attacked on the ground that it is in violation of the spirit and policy of the statutes and recording system of the State of Connecticut. The district and the circuit judge, each familiar with the statutes and decisions of that State, sustained this proposition. The precise objection to the mortgage is, that it does not truly describe the debt intended to be secured. The...

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