estate’s, contracts. He who makes a mortgage. 2. He has rights, and is liable to certain duties as such. 1. He is quasi tenant, at will; he is entitled to an equity of redemption after forfeiture. 2. He cannot commit waste, nor make a lease injurious to the mortgagee. As between the mortgagor and third persons, the mortgagor is owner of the land. He can, however, do nothing which will defeat the rights of the mortgagee, as, to make a lease to bind him.