A mortgage of real property shall not be deemed a conveyance, whatever its terms, so as to enable the owner of the mortgage to recover possession of the real property without a foreclosure and sale.
(Enacted 1872.)
Section 744
Code Civ. Proc. § 744, under Actions for the Recovery of Real Property, and Other Provisions Relating to Actions Concerning Real Property.
Code Civ. Proc. § 744