Sels

Sels v. Bunnell

Good Law
120 Cal. 680·1898 Cal. LEXIS 833·53 P. 266
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMay 20, 1898Sac. No. 271California1,654 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Henshaw, J.

Plaintiff brought this action to foreclose a lien upon the real property of defendant C. Bunnell. The Ger-mania Building and Loan Association was made a defendant. It answered, setting up a mortgage upon the property executed to it by Bunnell, and asked that this mortgage be declared a lien prior and superior to that of plaintiff.

The court found defendant Bunnell to be indebted to plaintiff in the sum of seven hundred and fifty-seven' dollars and fifty cents, gave plaintiff judgment for that amount, together with attorney’s fees and costs, decreed to him a lien upon the property superior to that of the loan association, and ordered a sale and a distribution of the proceeds accordingly. From this judgment, and from the order denying it a new trial, defendant, the Ger-mania Building and Loan Association, alone appeals.

By a deed executed on December 5, 1891, plaintiff, the then owner, conveyed to defendant Bunnell the land which is subjected to foreclosure in this suit. The land was overflowed land within the boundaries of a reclamation district. The deed was formally executed and acknowledged by both parties to it, and contained the following clauses, covenants, and…

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