Parker

Williams v. Parker

Good Law
1916 Cal. App. LEXIS 80·30 Cal. App. 71·157 P. 550
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 4, 1916Civ. No. 1709.California1,481 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Conrey, J.

The defendants appeal from the judgment, and from an order denying their motion for a new trial.

On July 1, 1908, defendant Parker executed in favor of the Merchants and Insurers Reporting Conlpany, a corporation, a so-called promissory note for the principal sum of one thousand dollars, bearing interest, and payable on or before five years after date. The note recited the fact of deposit with the payee of one hundred shares of stock in said corporation as security for the payment of the obligation. It was further provided therein “that the Merchants and Insurers Reporting Company has the right to call for such additional security as it may deem proper, and on failure to respond forthwith to such call, the obligation shall immediately thereon become due and payable; or on the nonperformance of this promise, the said payee, its president, or secretary, or assigns, is and are hereby given full power and authority to sell, assign, and deliver, or collect the whole or any part of the above-named securities, or any substitute therefor, or any addition thereto, at public or private sale, at any time or times hereafter, without demand, advertisement or notice, such demand, advertisement…

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