Almon v. Sixty St. Francis Street, Inc.

BEATTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff in a suit to redeem certain real estate from a tax sale. We affirm.

In 1961 John W. Brezzel, a widower, executed a real estate mortgage on the property in question, a subdivision lot in Mobile. The mortgagee named was Thames, Jackson, Harris Company, Inc. The mortgage instrument contained the usual power to sell at auction upon default, and provided power in the auctioneer to execute a deed in the name of the mortgagor. The mortgage was the subject of several transfers, the final assignment having…