Penfield
Gilbert v. Penfield
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Chipman, J.
Action to have a trust declared in favor of plaintiff as to certain lots -situated in Santa Barbara, and that defendants E. H. and W. H. Penfield convey said lots to plaintiff. They denied the alleged trust, and averred that defendant E. H. Penfield took a conveyance from plaintiff of the lots in question and holds the title in trust, as he alleges it to be.
Defendant W. H. Penfield filed a cross-complaint asking foreclosure of a deed, held by him, as a mortgage to one of the lots, the subject of the alleged trust. J. 0. Gilbert is husband of plaintiff, and is -made defendant in the cross-complaint.
The court, as conclusions of law, found plaintiff not entitled to the relief asked by her; that the legal title to the lots in question is vested in defendant E. H. Penfield, subject to certain trusts set forth in the findings; that defendant W. H. Pen-field has a valid subsisting mortgage on certain of -the property and is entitled to foreclosure thereof, and that the rights of plaintiff and said J. 0. Gilbert are subordinate to the lien of said W. H. Penfield. Plaintiff appeals from an order denyiüg her motion for a new trial, but does not appeal from the judgment. The only…