Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
1916
Abstract
It is interesting to observe how tenaciously the old common law of mortgages has persisted in the state of New York, the very cradle of the modem lien theory of the mortgage. As early as 1802 Chancellor KENT began the importation into that state of Lord MANSFIELD'S Civil Law doctrines of mortgage. Johnson v. Hart, 3 Johns. Cas. 322. In 1814, in the case of Runyan v. Mersereau, 11 Johns. 534, the lien theory definitely triumphed over the old law. In other cases, both before and since the statute of 1828 denying ejectment to the mortgagee, the details of mortgage law were worked over to harmonize with the central theory.
Recommended Citation
Durfee, Edgar N. (1911-1958). "Mortgagee in Possession in New York and Michigan." Mich. L. Rev. 15 (1916): 58–61.
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