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Mortgages-Release-Farmers & First Nat. Bank Of New Castle V. Citizens State Bank Of New Castle Priorities Jun 1937

Mortgages-Release-Farmers & First Nat. Bank Of New Castle V. Citizens State Bank Of New Castle Priorities

Indiana Law Journal

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Constitutional Law - Impairment Of Contracts - Legislative Regulation Of Deficiency Judgments, Donald H. Larmee Apr 1937

Constitutional Law - Impairment Of Contracts - Legislative Regulation Of Deficiency Judgments, Donald H. Larmee

Michigan Law Review

A North Carolina statute provided that when a mortagee purchases property at his own sale conducted under a power of sale, and then brings action for the deficiency, the debtor may as a matter of defense show that the true value of the property at the time and place of sale exceeded the sale price and thus defeat the deficiency claim in whole or in part. In a recent case the plaintiff, mortagee of an $8,000 mortgage, conducted a sale according to law and bought the land for $3,000. On the plaintiff's subsequent action for the deficiency the defendant pleaded …


Constitutional Law - Anti-Deficiency Judgment Statutes In Foreclosure Actions - Impairment Of Contract, Elbridge D. Phelps Mar 1937

Constitutional Law - Anti-Deficiency Judgment Statutes In Foreclosure Actions - Impairment Of Contract, Elbridge D. Phelps

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff instituted a proceeding on a judgment bond which was secured by a real estate mortgage, both of which had been executed by defendants, caused judgment to be entered on the bond, and procured the issuance of a writ of execution under which the mortgaged premises were sold. Thereafter, under the provisions of the state Mortgage Deficiency Judgment Act, defendants procured a satisfaction of the judgment in toto. After entry of such satisfaction, plaintiff filed a petition upon which the court granted a rule on defendants to show cause why the satisfaction should not be stricken. From an order dismissing …