Heldreth v. Federal Land Bank of Baltimore

Maxwell, Judge:

This suit was instituted by a mortgagor to cancel an assignment by the mortgagee to the insurer of so much of the mortgage debt as equals the amount paid by the insurer to the mortgagee under “standard” mortgage provision of plaintiff’s policy of fire insurance for loss of a dwelling on the mortgaged property. On the merits, the trial court found against tbe plaintiff and dismissed Ms original and amended bills. Tbe plaintiff appeals.

Tbe insurer denied liability to tbe plaintiff, but, recognizing its liability to tbe mortgagee under tbe “standard” mortgage clause of tbe policy,…