Principle

PROPERTY LAW — Mortgage — Irregular Exercise of Power of Sale — Protection of Purchaser’s Title

Area of law
PROPERTY LAW
Court
Supreme Court

A purchaser's title is protected despite irregularities in the exercise of the power of sale. The remedy of the person damnified is damages against the mortgagee. The principle applies to mortgage law. The rule protects bona fide purchasers. The mortgagor cannot impeach the purchaser's title.…

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