atkins case harris versus harris February see Elton v Curteis Ch d a decree  for a sale of a estate in mortgage the master report a state sum due to the  mortgagee for principal and interest and report confirm as the mortgage be at  per cent and there be another mortgagee and creditor beside from the time of  the master report be confirm it shall carry only per cent the plaintiff a  mortgagee bring a bill in conjunction with several bind creditor against the  heir at law of the mortgagor for a sale of the mortgage premise there be a  decree accord and the mortgagee be direct to be pay his principal and interest  in the first place out of the money arise from the sale the master make a  report of a state sum due for principal and interest and the report be confirm  the plaintiff the mortgagee move today that the master may compute subsequent  interest and cost upon the sum report due the estate sell under the decree  produce about a thousand pound more than will pay the original mortgage and  one of the defendant be a subsequent mortgagee but there be not near enough  arise from the sale to pay the second mortgagee and bind creditor the rest of  the plaintiff and the defendant oppose the motion and endeavour to take a  difference between the present bill and a bill of foreclosure insist that in  the latter the court direct the master to allow subsequent interest upon the  sum report due because it be a compensation to the mortgagee for be keep out  of his money by the court be allow time to the mortgagor to redeem but here a  sale be pray in the first instance and the interest of the creditor be concern  and therefore it will be hard to give interest upon interest in favour of one  creditor to the prejudice of the rest Lord chancellor this case differ from  the common one of a foreclosure butter v Duncomb p W brown v Barkham p W and  it will be rather too much to give such a advantage to the mortgagee over the  rest of the creditor especial as the mortgage carry five per cent this do not  appear in the register book his lordship therefore propose to his counsel that  from the time of the master report be confirm it shall carry on atkins lie  four per cent the plaintiff acquiesce in this proposal his lordship give  direction accord Reg lib a fol