Woods

Woods v. Kern County Mutual Building and Loan Assn.

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1939 Cal. App. LEXIS 127·34 Cal. App. 2d 468·93 P.2d 837
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 5, 1939Civ. 2213California1,985 words

Opinion

Opinion

Barnard, J.

In this action the plaintiff sought to recover a judgment canceling a trust deed, for the return of two stock certificates, and for the cancellation of a grant deed upon the grounds that these instruments had been obtained by the defendants without consideration and in violation of the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933. (48 U. S. Stats, at Large, 128; Title 12, U. S. C. A., sec. 1461 et seq.) A demurrer to a second amended complaint was sustained without leave to amend and the plaintiff has appealed from the judgment thereafter entered.

Among other things, the complaint in question alleged that on February 25, 1931, the appellant executed and delivered to the respondents a note for $3,000 se'cured by a trust deed covering certain real property in Bakersfield; that on October 16, 1933, at the suggestion and upon the instigation of the respondents she applied to the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation for a loan in order to pay and discharge the aforesaid indebtedness; that on May 16, 1934, the respondents, by written agreement, consented to accept the sum of $2,334 in Home Owners ’ Loan bonds with $25 in cash and thereupon to release their claim; that thereafter the appellant executed and…

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