107 N.J. Eq. 102 | N.J. Ct. of Ch. | 1930
Complainant seeks to foreclose a mortgage which he holds by assignment for a pre-existing debt from the mortgagee who had, previous to the execution of the mortgage, agreed in writing to assign it to the defendant Sokol for a then present valuable consideration. The defendant Mand, the mortgagor, defends on the ground that the complainant is not the owner of the mortgage, and has impleaded the defendant Sokol, who also claims the interest. The agreement to assign is dated July 20th, 1928, and was recorded July 26th, 1928. The bond and mortgage are dated November 16th, 1928, and the assignment to the complainant, April 12th, 1929, and recorded April 18th, 1929. The agreement was, in effect, an equitable assignment. That such an agreement will be sustained in equity, see Cogan v. Conover *103 Manufacturing Co.,
The instant case is practically on all fours with Tate v.Security Trust Co., supra. Sokol stands in the place of Tate, and Perry Son, Incorporated, in the place of the trust company. There, Tate was the equitable owner of the mortgage and the trust company had received an assignment of it as security for a pre-existing debt without notice of Tate's rights. This court pronounced Tate's rights superior to those of the trust company. See, also, Kamena v. Huelbig,