10 S.D. 13 | S.D. | 1897
It is alleged in the complaint that plaintiff is the owner of a promissory note for §600, dated February 1, 1887, due February 1, 1892, with interest at 7 per cent per annum until paid, secured by a mortgage upon real property in this state; that it was given for a loan negotiated through one Day and the defendant, who, when the loan was made, took a second mortgage on the same realty, in the name of Day, to secure their copimissions for making the loan; that both mortgages were duly recorded; that the second mortgage was foreclosed, and a sheriff’s deed was issued to Day November 22, 1889; that Day and defendant have since then been, and are now, the owners of the equity of redemption in said land; that on April 20, 1893, the plaintiff, in ignorance of said foreclosure, or that Day or defendant were the owners of the equity of redemption in said land, and relying upon the representations of Day that the loan was about to be repaid to her, and that a certificate of satisfaction was necessary to release her mortgage, delivered a certificate of satisfaction to Day, duly acknowledged, to be surrendered by him only upon repayment of the aforesaid loan and all interest therein; that the certificate was delivered by Day to defendant, together with a deed of the mortgaged premises from Day, under which deed defendant, through one Chapman, the grantee therein, on September 19, 1893, caused said land to be conveyed to one Carpenter, for his (defendant’s) own use and benefit; that, after the certificate was delivered by Day to defendant, the plaintiff, on August 15,
Upon the trial, defendant objected to the introduction of any evidence, upon the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The court should have sustained this objection. The language of the pleading is plain. It must be construed to mean that the mortgaged premises are held by Carpenter for defendant’s use and benefit; that defendant is the real owner of the land. If so, his unauthorized act has caused no injury to the plaintiff. Her right to foreclose the mortgage is not affected. Her security is precisely the same as it would have been had the 'certificate of satisfaction never been executed. Whipple v. Fowler (Neb.) 60 N. W. 15. The judgment is reversed and a new trial ordered.