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15 Abb. Pr. 106

Chauncey v. Lawrence

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1862

New York Supreme Court · decided 1862-10-15

This action was brought by Nathaniel and Henrietta Chauncey against William B. Lawrence and William B. Lawrence, jr., for the foreclosure of a mortgagefor $14,000 upon forty-nine lots in the city of New York.

Decided 1862-10-15

By the Court.*—Clerke, J.

¶1It is certainly a question admitting inquiry, whether section 84 in the article of the Revised Statutes, relative to the powers and proceedings of the court upon bills of foreclosure (2 Rev. Stat., 191, § 154), remains in force. The editors of the fifth edition manifestly were of opinion that this section is no longer in existence; and although it may be possible, and even probable, that they err in this supposition, several sections in the Code seem to make such a supposition plausible. At all events, it admits of a question, and demands inquiry. This being the case, a demurrer based on such a supposition cannot be deemed palpably frivolous. The order should be reversed.

¶2Order reversed, with $10 costs.†

¶3 Present, Ingraham, P. J., Barnard and Clerke, JJ.

¶4 The demurrer was subsequently sustained at special term.

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