4 Johns. 215 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1809
The case of Jackson, ex dem. Benton, v. Laughhead, (2 Johns. Rep. 75.) in which the court decided, that a mortgagor was entitled to notice to quit, arose between the original mortgagor and mortgagee. There was a privity of contract, as well as of estate, existing in that ease ; and the reason of the rule requiring notice, is much weakened, when it is to be applied to the case of a purchaser in fee under the mortgagor. All privity between the -parties is now gone. The purchaser is a stranger to the contract by which the mortgage was created. He cannot be considered in the light of a tenant. He knows nothing of the original debt, and is under no personal obligation to pay it. He holds possession of the pledge, but not, as in the other case, “ by a perfect understanding between him and" the mortgagee.” He claims exclusively by, a title from the mortgagor ; and his case is very analogous to that of Jackson, ex dem. Simmons, v. Chase, (2 Johns. Rep. 84.) decided in the same term with the former, in which it was held, that notice was not necessary, because the privity of
Judgment for the plaintiff.
