Hawkins v. Hill
Hawkins v. Hill
Opinion of the Court
Cope, J. concurring.
The plaintiff filed his bill to foreclose two mortgages; one of them was due, the other was not. Both were on the same property, and the averment of the bill and the finding of the decree are that the property was not divisible. The last of these mortgages was due at the time of the judgment. The defendant offered to pay the first mortgage, and tendered and deposited the amount of it, but the tender was not made until after the last mortgage was due. The Court decreed the sale of the premises for the amount of both mortgages, and from this decree the appeal is taken.
The appellants insist that it was irregular in this way to decree the sale of the property. But the authorities show that when property is situated as this is, the right of the holder of the claims is to have a decree for them, though all of the debts be not due; the reason being, that otherwise the plaintiff would be without remedy as to the debt already due. At the time of the filing of the bill, the plaintiffs had a
Decree affirmed.
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- Where plaintiff has two mortgages on the same property—the property being indivisible—and one of the mortgages is not due, he may, nevertheless, file his bill and have a decree for the forecloseure of both. And if the second mortgage becomes due before the decree, then defendant cannot defeat the action as to this mortgage by tendering the money dne on the first mortgage, after the maturity of the second. The jurisdiction of the Court over the subject matter having attached, the Court should close the controversy by settling all things involved in the litigation.