32 N.J. Eq. 65 | New York Court of Chancery | 1880
The question in this case is, whether the complainant’s mortgage is valid against the title of the defendant Prall to the mortgaged premises. Prall purchased the property in January, 1874, at a sale under an execution issued on a judgment recovered November 5th, 1873, in Somerset circuit court, by James Plays against the mortgagors, one of whom, Anastasia Shea, was, at the time of the recovery of the judgment, the owner of the premises. The mortgage was given in May, 1872, -but was not registered until May 18th, 1876. Hays, the judgment creditor, had no notice of it. It, therefore, was not valid against him. The statute
The bill will be dismissed, with costs.