Fremd v. Hogg
Decision Date | 24 November 1914 |
Parties | FREMD v. HOGG et al. |
Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Palm Beach County; J. W. Perkins, Judge.
Bill by A. Y. W. Hogg and another, as executors and administrator etc., of Annie K. Hogg, deceased, against William Fremd, as administrator of the estate of David Thomas, deceased. From an order overruling plea of nonclaim, defendant appeals. Reversed.
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Syllabus by the Court
A mortgage by an intestate not presented to the administrator within the statute of nonclaim is barred in the absence of payment of interest or other act of estoppel.
COUNSEL H. L. Bussey, of West Palm Beach, for appellant.
F. L Hemmings, of Ft. Pierce, for appellees.
A bill to enforce a mortgage lien was filed in March, 1914, by the personal representative of Annie K. Hogg, deceased, against the heirs and administrator of the estate of David Thomas deceased. The heirs did not defend, and decree pro confesso was entered against them. The administrator pleaded the statute of nonclaim, and appealed from an order overruling this plea.
It is admitted that the plea should have been sustained if the decision by this court in Bush v. Adams, 22 Fla. 177, is still the law of this state. We there ruled that:
It may be observed that by statute a mortgage is, both at law and in equity, a mere lien, and passes neither title nor possession.
It is argued, however, that this decision is at variance with the majority of holdings of the courts of the various states, and that there has been such a change in the statutes since that decision as to require or at least justify us in going over with that majority.
Prior to the adoption of the Revised Statutes of 1892, it was the law of this state that the administrator became, as such entitled to the possession of the real estate of the...
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