Ewing

Ewing v. Richvale Land Co.

Good Law
1918 Cal. App. LEXIS 305·37 Cal. App. 53·172 P. 645
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 24, 1918Civ. No. 1841.California2,491 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Chipman, J.

This is an appeal by defendant Rich-vale Land Company from a deficiency judgment entered by the clerk of the superior court on the coming in of the commissioner’s return in an action to foreclose a mortgage executed by appellant to' plaintiff.

It is alleged in the complaint in the action: That the defendant company executed and delivered to plaintiff two certain promissory notes each for $4,593; that plaintiff is the owner and holder of said promissory notes, neither of which, nor any part thereof except certain interest on one of said notes, has been paid; that to secure payment of said notes defendant company executed and delivered to plaintiff its mortgage on certain described land, describing it, which was duly acknowledged and recorded; that defendant Jones claims some interest in said land, but that such interest is subordinate to said mortgage; that by the terms of said mortgage a reasonable attorney’s fee was allowed for the foreclosure, should foreclosure become necessary.

Upon the foregoing averments the prayer of the complaint is: That plaintiff have “judgment against defendant [Rich-vale Land Company] in the sum of”—stating the amount of each note together with…

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