Likover v. City of Cleveland

I concur in the judgment of affirmance with the following additional comment.

The intervenors below, the Sterns, sold Likover an apartment building. Ultimately, there were two mortgages on the property held by two savings and loan associations. The sellers, the Sterns, were personally liable on both mortgages, while Likover remained the fee holder.

Likover defaulted on his payments on the second mortgage, and foreclosure proceedings were commenced by the second mortgagee savings and loan. After the litigation was completed, the Sterns were required to pay off both mortgages, which they in fact…