King v. . Lewis

Tbe defendants insist tbat at tbe time tbe plaintiff and bis wife, Hettie Mae King, acquired tbe title to tbe property under consideration, tbe relationship of mortgagor and mortgagee existed between tbe plaintiff and the defendants; consequently, tbe plaintiff, A. S. King, is a trustee for bimself as mortgagee and tbe defendants as mortgagors. This position cannot be sustained. We are not inadvertent to tbe opinions of this Court, which hold tbat a mortgagor cannot buy a superior title or lien to tbat held by him; and bold it for bis own benefit, but tbe act inures to tbe benefit of him for…