Supreme Court of Alabama November 15, 1896 (Hooper v. Birchfield)

McCLELLAN, J.

Under section 2720 of the Code as amended by the act of 1893 — Acts, 1892-93, p. 1127— any matter of defense which would be available against *231an action on the mortgage debt maybe availed of against an action by the mortgagee or his assignee for the recovery of the property covered by the mortgage, either to show payment or other satisfaction of the mortgage debt, whereby the