PARKER, Judge.
When a mortgage or deed of trust is wrongfully foreclosed, the injured mortgagor who elects not to ratify the sale may either (1) treat the sale as a nullity and sue to set it aside, or (2) permit the sale to stand and sue the mortgagee to recover damages suffered as a result of the wrongful foreclosure. Smith v. Land Bank, 213 N.C. 343, 196 S.E. 481 (1938); Burnett v. Supply Co., 180 N.C. 117, 104 S.E. 137 (1920); 55 Am.Jur.2d, Mortgages, § 535...
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