 | George Shall Yerger, Tennessee. Supreme Court - 1833 - 640 strani
...barred by the statute of limitations. Chancellor Kent in his Commentaries, describes a mortgage to be the conveyance of an estate by way of pledge for the security of a debt, and to become void on the payment of it; the legal ownership is vested in the creditor, but in equity the mortgagor reSPAHTA,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 strani
...mortgages, are recorded by the clerks of the ssveral counties, in books provided for that purpose. A mortgage is the conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge for the security of debt, and to become void on the payment of it. The condition upon which the land is conveyed is usually... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1836 - 334 strani
...mortgages, are recorded by the clerks ef the several counties, in books provided for that purpose. 568. A mortgage is the conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge for the security of debt, and to become void on the payment of it. The condition upon which the land is conveyed is usually... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1836 - 526 strani
...on all persons whomsoever." Judge Kent, in the 4th vol. of his commentaries, (page 129, &c.) says, " a mortgage is the conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge, for the security of debt, and to become void on payment of it. The legal ownership is vested in the creditor ; but in equity,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1839 - 472 strani
...is the proof of the title ' real estate obtained ? What ia the effect of a deed without heir § 636. A mortgage is the conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge for the security of debt, and is to become void on the payment of it. The condition upon which the land is conveyed, is... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - 1846 - 376 strani
...severity, with which the common law, followed the A mortgage is defined, by Chancellor Kent, to be the conveyance of an estate by way of pledge for the security of debt, ' — — — ' •. breach of the condition. They did not, indeed, attempt to alter the legal... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1878 - 738 strani
...mortgagor and mortgagee. But that is not their relation. A mortgage is defined by Chancellor Kent as " the conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge for the security of a debt, and to become void on payment of it. The legal ownership is vested in the creditor ; but, in equity, the mortgagor remains... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1839 - 384 strani
...mortgages, are recorded by the clerks of the several counties in books prepared for that purpose. § 636. A mortgage is the conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge for the security of debt, and is to become void on the payment of it. The condition upon which the land is conveyed, is... | |
 | James Kent - 1848 - 798 strani
...Crafts, 18 Johns. Rep. 110. Sweet r. Horn, 1 Adam? NH Rep. 32. LECTURE LVIII. ON THE LAW OF MORTGAGE. A MORTGAGE is the conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge for the security of debt; and to become void on payment of it. The legal ownership is vested in the creditor ; but, in... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1851 - 570 strani
...which the rents and profits went towards the discharge of the debt. Cralb's Hist. 108. In modern law. The conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge for the security of debt, and to become void on payment of it. 4 Kent's Com. 135. A conveyance of lands, chattels or other... | |
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A MORTGAGE is the conveyance of an estate, by way of pledge for the security of debt, and to become void on payment of it. 
