Ocobock v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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1. ““But neither constructive notice nor actual notice on the part of the bank of the existence of Oco bock’s mortgage was alone sufficient to postpone the bank’s judgment lien to liis mortgage, because the bank, in possession of such notice or knowledge, released certain lands of Baker’s from the lien of its judgment. Ocobock being a subsequent incumbrancer, he was the party that the law required to be vigilant, and the bank was under no obligation to inquire of him as to the amount of his debt, the sufficiency o£ the security, nor whether he desired it to first exhaust its lien upon lands not covered by its mortgage, or whether he desired it not to release these lands from the lien of its judgment. Ocobock, by his laches, has forfeited the right to have the court apply to his case the doctrine of subrogation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. First Nat. Bank of Rock Springs v. Roder