113 Ala. 629 | Ala. | 1896
The appellees filed their bill to foreclose a mortgage executed by the appellant upon certain real property. After the execution of the mortgage, the mortgagor permitted the property to be sold for taxes. In addition to the prayer for a foreclosure of the mortgage to satisfy the debt secured thereby, the complainants also prayed that the land be subjected to the payment of the
Independent of this, the taxes were a lien upon the land, and the mortgagee had the right to redeem the land to protect his own security. See the following authorities: Kilpatrick v. Henson, 81 Ala. 464; Grigg v. Banks, 59 Ala. 311; Cowley v. Shelby, 71 Ala. 122; 25 Amer. & Ang. Encyc. of Law, 415, note 4.
Affirmed.