Wootton v. White
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County (Henderson, J.)
1Opinion of the CourtMcSherry, C. J.
The question presented by this appeal is a simple one, though it has been decided in opposite ways in other jurisdictions. It must now be definitely settled in Maryland. It arose in this way : In 1892, Thomas H. White and wife conveyed by way of mortgage to James C. Holland their equity of redemption in a tract of land lying in Montgomery County, and by the same mortgage the fee in another and adjoining tract to secure the payment to Holland of an indebtedness which they owed to him. Subsequently, the appellee, Huldah A. White, recovered a judgment against the mortgagor, White, for some…
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