Federal Land Bank of Columbia v. Jones

Stacy, O. J.

Can a mortgagee, after default and before foreclosure, maintain an action for trespass against one who has tortiously injured the mortgaged estate? The answer is, “Yes.”

At the time of ponding water on the mortgaged premises, the plaintiff, as mortgagee after default, was entitled to possession. Weathersbee v. Goodwin, 175 N. C., 234, 95 S. E., 491; Kiser v. Combs, 114 N. C., 640, 19 S. E., 664; Coor v. Smith, 101 N. C., 261, 7 S. E., 669; Capehart v. Dettrick, 91 N. C., 344; Bruner v. Threadgill, 88 N. C., 361; Wittkowski v. Watkins, 84 N. C., 457; Cunningham v. Davis, 42 N. C.,…