Great Oak Building & Loan Ass'n v. Rosenheim

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Schaffer,

Plaintiff Building Association foreclosed certain mortgages which it held and became the owner of the properties bound by them. There were unpaid taxes on all the properties which the Building Association had to discharge. Having done so, it brought this action against defendant, Rosenheim, to recover the amounts paid, alleging that while he was not the registered owner of the real estate at the time the taxes were levied, he was the real and beneficial owner. On the trial, at the conclusion of the evidence, the judge gave binding instructions for…