French v. Grand Beach Co.

My views of this case are at variance with those expressed by Chief Justice Sharpe. The only important question involved is whether Mrs. French, the owner of the mortgage on defendant’s property, can be compelled against her will to assign it to a volunteer. In many cases in many courts assignments of mortgages have been compelled, but, so far as I have been able to discover, it has always been upon the petition of some person who had an interest or equity in the mortgaged property, which would be difficult to protect unless an assignment or subrogation was ordered. This is, indeed, a just…