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— The demandant alleges, that by an attachment made by Ellis and others, and by a subsequent seizure and sale on execution, he acquired a title to the equity, which the Pools had to redeem the estate mortgaged by them to Cope-lands and Lovering. And if lie thus became the owner of the equity of redemption nothing could pass by the deed, by which the Pools attempted to convey the same to the tenant; who would not therefore become the owner of the estates both of the mortgagor ami mortgagee ; and the doctrine of merger could not be applied. And if the demandant did not thus acquire a title to the equity, he has no title. Even if the tenant could Joe considered as acquiring the equity of redemption by the conveyance from the Pools to himself on the second of November, 1837, and the title of the mort
