Buchanan v. Gaines

“Payments in reduction of an indebtedness on a prior mortgage, made by foreclosure purchaser after decree and foreclosure sale, are not recoverable from the mortgagor.” Miller v. Stavros, 174 So.2d 48 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965);1 see Patron v. American Nat’l Bank of Jacksonville, 382 So.2d 156 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Horne v. Smith, 368 So.2d 392 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979); Provident Nat’l Bank v. Thunderbird Assoc., 364 So.2d 790 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). We therefore reverse the final judgment. Reversed and remanded.. The trial court attempted to distinguish Miller v. Stavros, 174 So.2d 48 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965), on…