142 So. 546 | Ala. | 1932
We are persuaded the ruling of the trial court is fully sustained by the very recent case of Federal Land Bank v. Wilson (Ala. Sup.)
"The execution and recordation of a mortgage of real estate carries notice to all persons of the legal and equitable incidents thereof; the nature of the title in both mortgagee and mortgagor; the right to the possession and the usufruct. * * *
"The mortgagor, remaining in possession of lands, either by virtue of stipulations entitling him so to do, or by grace of the mortgagee, is, as to all persons other than the mortgagee, the owner of the lands. He may cultivate same, or let it to tenants, and both may gather, remove, and make use of the crops as their own, even after default, unless and until the mortgagee has entered or made demand for possession. Metcalf v. Clemmons-Powers Co.,
"The holders of crop mortgages executed since January 1st of the year in which crops were grown in the instant case occupy no higher position than their mortgagor. * * *
"The purchaser at foreclosure sale may allow the occupant to remain on the lands undisturbed until the end of the year, demanding payment of rent. He, rather than the mortgagor-lessor or his assigns, is entitled on demand to the rents for the year. Buchmann v. Callahan,
"The result of our statute is to vest in the owner of the reversion, that is, the successor to the title of the mortgagor-lessor of lands with growing crops thereon, the right to rents, not the absolute ownership of the crops."
Plaintiff in this cause sought payment of rent only and no more. The foregoing excerpts from the Wilson Case, supra, are here directly applicable, and the principles therein recognized are controlling and lead to an affirmance of the judgment rendered. It is so ordered.
Affirmed.
ANDERSON, C. J., and BOULDIN and FOSTER, JJ., concur.