Millett v. Perez

Since Perez was in default under the mortgage by failing to pay property taxes for four successive years, Millett, by the filing of a foreclosure action, exercised his option to accelerate the mortgage debt before any tender of the amounts due under the mortgage, that is, the amounts which Millett paid to redeem the tax certificates. Kreiss Potassium Phosphate Company v. Knight, 98 Fla. 1004, 124 So. 751 (1929); Corlett v. Wood, 81 Fla. 510, 88 So. 268 (1921); Prince v. Mahin, 73 Fla. 525, 74 So. 696 (1917); Campbell v. Werner, 232 So.2d 252 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970). Perez’s argument against…