Court Opinion

ID: 6609044
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 20:16:44.322905+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:58:16.744652
License: Public Domain

Wash, J.,
dissenting.
I dissent from the opinion of the Court above delivered. I think the weight of authority is, that the mortgagee is the legal owner. Various authorities have been cited on both sides for and against the position. Most clearly the mortgagor is not the full owner, he is at most but the qualified owner. In this case Shipman was the qualified owner for specific purposes, and had no right to emancipate the plaintiff in Kentucky or elsewhere; indeed, it seems to he conceded on all hands, that Shipmaa could not have emancipated Milly by his express deed, and why give indirect and fraudulent efforts and implied assent more effect than his deed could have? I incline to consider the plaintiff in the light of a purchaser from Shipman, with a full knowledge of Smith’s lien.