Flint

Flint v. Rutherford

Good Law
1953 Cal. LEXIS 184·40 Cal. 2d 203·252 P.2d 945
Supreme Court of CaliforniaFebruary 10, 1953Sac. No. 6183California1,362 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Gibson, J.

Plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Flint, seek to enjoin the sale under a deed of trust of certain real property belonging to them, and they have appealed from a judgment entered in favor of defendants.

The Flints and Mr. and Mrs. John Frazier borrowed $40,000

*204 from Mrs. Iris Kewin in order to finance the acquisition of a sawmill. The indebtedness was evidenced by a promissory note which was executed by the Flints and the Fraziers as comakers. The note was secured by a chattel mortgage on personal property in the sawmill and by a trust deed covering a tract of land owned by the Fraziers and a house and lot owned by the Flints. As a part of the transaction, Mrs. Kewin, as first party, and the Flints and Fraziers, as second parties, entered into a supplemental agreement which provided that all contracts with respect to the sale of any real property described in the trust deed should be deposited in escrow, and that all payments on account of the purchase price of any of the property should be credited on the note and deed of trust.

The land owned by the Fraziers was being subdivided, and the proceeds from the sales of lots were applied in payment and reduction of the note until…

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