Case Name: Wenzel v. Miller, appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1874-09
Citations: 4 Thomp. & Cook 680
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wenzel v. Miller, appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Thompson & Cook's Supreme Court Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 680–681

Head Matter:
Wenzel v. Miller, appellant.
Evidence—declarations of mortgagee—when admissible against subsequent holder of mortgage.
In an action to set aside a mortgage as usurious, held, that it is not altogether clear but that what a mortgagee declares in the presence of the mortgagor, at the time of the execution of the instrument, touching the consideration, may be admissible in evidence even against a subsequent holder, ás part of the res gestee.
Appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon the report of a referee. The action was brought in Kings county by John Wenzel and wife against Christopher Miller and another, to set aside a bond and a mortgage on the ground of usury.
Hatch & Bemville, for appellants.
Tracy, Gatlin & Brgdhead, for respondents.

Opinion:
Talcott, J.
The finding of the referee that the mortgage was usurious was upheld upon the ground that there was evidence sufficient to sustain the finding. The head-note states all that is material for publication in the opinion.
Judgment affirmed.