Tolman
Tolman v. Smith
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hayne, J.
This was a suit to foreclose a mortgage made in Nebraska by the defendants, W. S. Smith and Eunice W. Smith, his wife, upon property in California, to secure a debt payable in Illinois. One Reed filed an intervention for the foreclosure of two prior mortgages upon the property. The trial court gaye judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant Eunice W. Smith and the intervenor appeal.
1. The former appellant makes a number of points, which we shall consider separately: —
a. We think it clear that there was no misjoinder of causes of action.
b. It was not error to deny the motion for change of venue. The property was in the county of Los Angeles when the action was commenced, and therefore the suit was properly brought in that county. The court did not lose jurisdiction of the cause by the creation of the county of Orange. Assuming, in favor of the appellant, *282 that the case should have been transferred to the latter county, the party entitled to such change should have made a motion therefor. No motion was made until after the case had been decided, and then no notice was given to the respondent. Under these circumstances the motion was properly denied.
c. The parties…