Tripp v. . Langston

Plaintiff’s intestate was a party to the covenants contained in the deed dated 3 January, 1933, executed by her and her husband to the defendant C. E. Langston. She thereby covenanted that the premises in controversy were free from encumbrances. At the time she not only owned an inchoate right of dower but as mortgagee she owned the legal title coupled with an interest. Thus, she was the grantor of a substantial estate in the land and “a grantor of land with full covenants of warranty is estopped to claim any interest in the granted premises. And where he holds a prior mortgage on the…