Bullock v. Kendall

Neither of the releases set up in the answer was accompanied by a certificate as provided in section 1 of chapter 365 of the Laws of 1903 where a release of a mortgage is made by the executor or administrator of the mortgagee of record, and the court properly held the release insufficient.

Section 4 of chapter 168 of the Laws of 1899 (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 4337) provides that where assignments have not been recorded “the payment of any interest or principal on the debts secured by such mortgages to the mortgagees or the assignees whose assignments appear last of record . . . shall be and…