Case Name: Orr v. Hancock
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1791-03
Citations: 1 Root 265
Docket Number: 
Parties: Orr v. Hancock.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 265–265

Head Matter:
WINDHAM COUNTY,
MARCH TERM, A. D. 1791.
Orr v. Hancock.
Ii tlie condition of a mortgage is to indemnify against being surety for the mortgagor, and a sum in certain is mentioned, be the debts more or less for which he is surety — the mortgagor will be holden to pay for all the debts for which the mortgagee was surety, be they more or less.
Petition in chancery to foreclose the equity of redemption in an estate mortgaged, to him by Gen. Palmer, which was afterwards taken by execution to satisfy a debt due to Gov. Hancock. At the time of taking said mortgage Gen. Palmer was indebted to Orr for orders drawn in his favor, and for his being surety for him to a considerable, snm, supposed to he £300, and to secure Orr, against these debts, the mortgage was given; and in the condition of said mortgage, the sum of £300 is mentioned he the debts for which he was surety more or less. Orr proved that the debts secured by him for said Palmer, at that time, were £568, and that those debts were the object of the mortgage, although the sum of £300 only was expressed.

Opinion:
The court decreed — That Hancock should pay to the petitioner the sum of £568 by, etc. or he foreclosed of his equity of redemption.