Case Name: Saml. Montgomery v. Wm. M. Kerr
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1833-05
Citations: 1 Hill 291
Docket Number: 
Parties: Saml. Montgomery v. Wm. M. Kerr.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 291–291

Head Matter:
Saml. Montgomery v. Wm. M. Kerr.
A mortgage oí pei'sonal property, vests the legal ti-tie in the mortgagee, and he may bring trover after condition broken, and perhaps before, unless there be a stipulation that the mortgagor may retain possession until condition is broken. The assignment of a mortgage, is in the nature of a bill of sale, and transfers the title to the assignee, who may therefore maintain an action in his own name, for a tort to the property.

Opinion:
Per Curiam,
setting aside a non-suit ordered by Mr. Justice Gantt, at York, Spring Term, 1833.