99 Misc. 643 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1917
This is a demurrer by one of the heirs at law of one Harris Beaver to a complaint to foreclose a mortgage covering certain real property in which it is sought to obtain judgment for deficiency individually, against the widow and next of kin of said Harris Beaver, who was personally liable for the mortgage debt. The allegations of the complaint are insufficient to warrant a judgment of deficiency against the demurring defendant. The deficiency is only properly recoverable in this áction against the personal representatives of the decedent, Harris Beaver, and can be collected from the administratrix of his estate, ,who has been made a party to this action, out of the property coming into her hands in due course of administration. Glacius v. Fogel, 88 N. Y. 434. The learned counsel for the plaintiff seems to misapprehend the effect of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, upon which he relies. Section 1627 provides for the recovery of a deficiency judgment against one who is liable for the payment of a mortgage debt. Section 1628 merely forbids the maintenance of any action to recover any part of a mortgage debt without leave of the court: “ While an action to foreclose * * * is pending or after final judgment.” In section 101 of the Decedent Estate Law (formerly sec. 1843,. Code Civ. Pro.), an heir at law of the mortgagor is liable for the .debt of the decedent mortgagor to the extent of his interest in the real property that descended to him from the mortgagor. It thus follows that the premises covered by the mortgage are primarily liable for the payment of the mortgage debt.
Demurrer sustained.
