Redemption—Judgment Lien—Deed Intended as Mortgage.—The right of redemption under the lien of a judgment recovered against a mortgagor is not affected by a deed executed by the mortgagor before the recovery of the judgment, where it appears that such deed was intended as a mortgage to secure a debt and further advances.

Id.—Mode of Redemption—Gold-Coin Judgment—Certified Check —Payment in Coin—Agency for Redemptioner. — Where the redemptioner had in his possession, and offered to pay, gold coin, as required by the judgment under which the sale was made, but, upon request of the sheriff for a certified check, the gold coin was deposited in bank by the redemptioner's agent, and a certified check, taken in the agent’s name, was delivered to and accepted by the sheriff as and for the required redemption money, and the check was subsequently cashed by the sheriff in gold coin, it cannot be objected by the purchaser at the sale, from whom the redemption was made, that the check was that of the agent, and not of the redemptioner, and was not by its terms payable in gold coin.

Id.—Authority of Sheriff to Receive Check—Relation of Payment to Delivery.—The sheriff is the agent of the purchaser for the purpose of receiving payment of the redemption money, and, though his agency is limited, he has authority, in a bona fide transaction, to accept a check as conditional payment, the cashing of which relates, according to the custom of commercial transactions, to the date of its delivery; and the redemption is effectuated if the check is paid in the proper kind of money, especially where the proper kind and amount of money was ready for delivery in the first instance, and the check was given in lieu thereof, at the sheriff’s request, and was properly cashed by him.

Id.—Amount of Redemption—Percentage—Amendment of Code— Prior Mortgage—Obligation of Contract.—The amendment of the Code changing the percentage to be paid upon redemption from an execution sale, from two per cent per month to one per cent applies to sales made after its passage; and where the purchase at a foreclosure sale was made subsequent to such amendment, the fact that the mortgage under which the sale was made was executed prior to the amendment is immaterial. The rights of the mortgagor and mortgagee are not adversely affected by the amendment; and it does not impair the obligation of the contract.