Engle v. Hall

This is a bill filed by the owner of the equity of redemption in certain lands, to compel a mortgagee thereof *58to discharge the mortgage and to pay the statutory penalty •for a previous refusal to do so. The grounds on which the discharge is demanded are first, that the amount due has been tendered to the mortgagee and its acceptance refused; and second, that the lien of the mortgage is discharged by an arrangement between the mortgagor and mortgagee, whereby the latter, after complainant became owner of the land, and without her consent or knowledge, gave an extension to the mortgagor in…