RULE 68, SECTION 4,

DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF SALE

The amount realized from the foreclosure sale of the mortgaged property shall, after
deducting the costs of the sale, be paid to the person foreclosing the mortgage, and when there
shall be any balance or residue, after paying off the mortgage debt due, the same shall be paid to
junior encumbrancers in the order of their priority, to be ascertained by the court, of if there be
no such encumbrancers or there be a balance or residue after payment to them, then to the
mortgage or his duly authorized agent, or to the person entitled to it.

Remedy if there is surplus

Section 4 merely provides that where there is a balance or residue after payment of the
mortgage, the same shall be paid to the mortgagor. There is nothing in said provision from which
it can be inferred that a violation thereof will have the effect of nullifying the sale. The better
rule is that if the mortgagee is retaining more of the proceeds of the sale than he is entitled to,
this fact alone will not affect the validity of the sale but simply gives the mortgagor a cause of
action to recover such surplus. This is likewise in harmony with the decisional rule that in suing
for the return of the surplus proceeds, the mortgagor is deemed to have affirmed the validity of
the sale since nothing is due if no valid sale has been made.