Case ID: johns_11/html/0407-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Jackson, ex dem. -, against Stiles, Phillips, tenant.
    ALBANY,
    August, 1814.
    . A ®0;,W« ib possession may be leí id to defend, in an action ejectment
    On motion for a rule to let in a mortgagee to defend in this SUlt,
   Per Curiam.

It appears that the mortgage is forfeited, and there has been a foreclosure, and the mortgagee has taken possession. As the mortgagee is in possession, we think there in such a privity, that he ought to be allowed to come in and defend ; but we give no opinion whether a mortgagee ©til ©f peg» session may fee lei In to defend In ejectment