Case Name: James P. Bennett, complainant, v. Emma E. Orchard, defendant
Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1926-09-23
Citations: 4 N.J. Misc. 807
Docket Number: 
Parties: James P. Bennett, complainant, v. Emma E. Orchard, defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 807–807

Head Matter:
James P. Bennett, complainant, v. Emma E. Orchard, defendant.
[Decided September 23d, 1926.]
Mr. Simon M. Seley, for the complainant.
Mr. Wiliam 7. Azzoli, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Backes, Y. C.
The bill is in the usual form, to foreclose a mortgage by a married woman in which her husband did not join. The document is ineffective as a mortgage lien and incapable of foreclosure. Realty Title and Mortgage Co. v. Schaaf, 81 N. J. Eq. 115.
The mortgage was given to secure a pre-existing debt, and does not come within the principle of the cited cases that a lien will be declared and enforced against the separate estate of a married woman for a debt contracted by her on the credit of her estate, and which she intended to charge therewith by the mortgage sought to be foreclosed.
Bill dismissed.