Smith v. Chaffee

In this action to determine the ownership of a real estate mortgage, the decision was for plaintiff, and defendants Rollo N. Chaffee and Northern Title Company appeal from the judgment. ’ Defendant Ward stands indifferent to the result and is not a party to the appeal. The mortgage has been foreclosed and a redemption made. The money paid on redemption is in the court’s custody and stands in lieu of the mortgage. But it will serve convenience to consider the mortgage itself as remaining the thing in issue.

The mortgage was executed February 23, 1926, by one Wegen, the then owner of the…