Bowers v. Jett, No. 18,582

No. 18,582 | Kan. | Mar 7, 1914

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

In a petition for a rehearing it is strongly urged that the opinion heretofore filed does not meet the contentions of the appellants, and does not adopt a definite theory in support of the decision made. In the opinion it was said that the plaintiff could not prevail, whether or not there was a redemption from the sale under the first mortgage. The petitioner suggests that we should determine that there was or that there was not a redemption, and that his theory presents a third hypothesis — that of merger. The facts of the case are unusual; the situation presented is in some respects unique. It is not necessary that the resulting condition should be given a name. However, we are clear that what was actually done mas?- be regarded as amounting to a redemption — that the rights of the parties were the same as thojigh a formal redemption had been made. The second mortgagee was a party to the partition action in which the sale to Mrs. Jett was made. The sale purported to convey the property itself, and not the property subject to the second mortgage. The sale was for two-thirds of the appraised value of $3600, which manifestly represented the estimated value of the property, and not of the property subject to a mortgage. Whether or not the proceedings with regard to the sale were erroneous, they were not appealed from, and are binding upon the owner of the second mortgage. His interest was cut off by the sale because of his being a party to the litigation. (Woodman v. Davison, 85 Kan. 713, 716, 118 Pac. 1066.) In these circumstances we can not regard it as equitable to hold that the second mortgage became a first lien through a merger of the prior lien with the title. The petition for a rehearing is denied.