Darrough
Darrough v. Herbert Kraft Co. Bank
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Gray, J.
A demurrer to the complaint, as amended, was sustained; plaintiff refused to further amend his complaint, and the judgment was entered against him, from which he appeals.
From the complaint and amendments thereto it appears that on May 13, 1893, the defendant Halley executed a note for one thousand and fifty dollars to the defendant Bank of Tehama County, and on the same date, to secure the payment of said note, said Halley executed a trust deed of certain real estate to the defendants Brown and Cahoone, as trustees. Thereafter, and on the 26th of April, 1895; Herbert Kraft recovered and docketed a judgment against said Halley for six hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-one cents. On April 29, 1895, this *274 judgment was assigned to defendant Kraft Company Bank. On the 13th of May, 1895, appellant purchased from Halley his equitable interest in said real estate for one hundred and twelve dollars, receiving a grant deed therefor, under which he has been in possession of said premises ever since. On May 15, 1895, appellant paid the balance due to the Bank of Tehama County on said note, amounting to upward of eleven hundred dollars, and the said trustees named in said deed of…