Dobson v. Racey

The widow of a deceased mortgagee in possession of the mortgaged premises, made a defendant with her children, the heirs of the deceased mortgagee, in a bill filed by the heir of the deceased mortgagor to redeem the mortgaged premises, having released her interest in the premises (pending the suit) to her children, was held á competent witness, prior to the adoption of the Code of Procedure, in behalf of .her children, to show that the mortgagor had released the equity of redemption to the mortgagee in his lifetime.

*55In relation to the rents and profits which she had received for a number of…