Haden
United Security Bank & Trust Co. v. Haden
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Craig, J.
The defendant Peters-Rhoades Company, a corporation, appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for a balance alleged to have been due upon a promissory note secured by deed of trust, after foreclosure and sale of the real property, and application of the proceeds toward payment of the indebtedness.
It appears from the complaint that the defendants Haden were in 1919 the owners of certain realty which they deeded in trust to two named trustees as security for the payment of their promissory note to the bank in' the sum of $64,000. Said note was dated September 16, 1919, was payable on November 1, 1924, and recited, in part: “ . . . and in default of the payment of the interest aforesaid, or any instalment thereof, then the whole note may at the option of the holder, and without notice to the makers, become due and payable, and may be treated as collectible. ... If this note is not paid at maturity, it is hereby renewed from year to year, at the option of the holder, until paid, and during such year the makers shall not have the right to pay the same unless by consent of holder.”
The plaintiff alleged that thereafter the debtors conveyed all of their right, title and…