Goffney

Keith Goffney (Goffney) appeals from a judgment entered after court trial in which the superior court rejected Goffney's several contentions arising out of the conduct of a nonjudicial foreclosure and sale of a condominium (hereinafter the condominium or the property) which Goffney had purchased, and which he had financed by executing a promissory note secured by a deed of trust containing a power of sale.

This is the second occasion we have had to review issues in this litigation. In an unpublished opinion on the prior appeal ( Goffney v. Family Savings and Loan Association et al. (Aug. 28, 1995) No. B087079 [nonpub. opn.]), we affirmed the trial court's rulings sustaining the demurrer of defendants [1] to the first amended complaint and denying Goffney's motion to file a third amended complaint. We then remanded the matter for trial on the causes of action of the second amended complaint to set aside the trustee's sale, to cancel the trustee's deed and for an accounting. That trial was conducted on April 21 and 22, 1997, and judgment against Goffney was subsequently entered. Goffney filed a timely appeal. For the reasons expressed in the course of this…