Allen v. Seff

The single question presented by this appeal, whether a deficiency decree may be entered in a mortgage foreclosure proceeding against one not a party to the mortgage, nor owning any interest in the mortgaged property, but who has by a parol contract assumed the payment of the mortgage debt, arises out of the following facts, which are not disputed:

On August 14th, 1925, the Realty Centre, Inc., a corporation, Bonis J. Myers, Israel Kurland, and Sol J. Buchantz, executed to Robert Seif a mortgage on the equities of redemption in certain real property in the City of Baltimore to secure the…