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23 Me. 25

Call v. Leisner

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 15, 1843

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1843-05-15

This appears to have been a bill in equity, claiming the right to redeem a mortgage made by one Hatch to Borland, one of the defendants. The only papers in the case are the copies of the bill and answer.

Decided 1843-05-15

Per Citkiam.

¶1In this case it appears, that the defendant, Borland, the original mortgagee, on the 4th of April, 1837, sold and conveyed his interest in the mortgaged premises to one Johnson; and yet, in August of that year, he obtained a judgment against Hatch, the original mortgagor, for possession of the same as on mortgage. As it respected the mortgagor, or his assignee, the plaintiff, in reference to the right of redemption, this was a nugatory act. Neither Johnson, the grantee of Borland, nor the defendant, Leisner, who is the grantee of Johnson, so far as appears, has ever entered upon the premises for condition broken, or done any other act by way of foreclosing the right of redemption. There is, then, nothing to prevent the plaintiff from redeeming. But, whether the amount tendered by the plaintiff was sufficient to entitle him to redeem, must be ascertained by a master in chancery, *26without reference to the judgment obtained by Borland against Hatch, who will ascertain the amount due on the mortgage, and the deductions to be made therefrom for the net rents and profits, irrespective of any erections on the premises, other than such as were necessary to keep the same in repair. Upon the coming in of the master’s report, it will be apparent, whether the amount tendered was sufficient or not to entitle the plaintiff to a decree of redemption.

¶2As to the defendant, Borland, he not being a necessary party to the suit, the bill may be dismissed; but as he claimed to have something to do with it, after he had parted with all interest in it, it is proper it should be without costs for him.

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