Warner
Warner v. Citizens' Bank of Anacortes
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Dietrich, J.
The petition for rehearing doe's little, more than to challenge the correctness of the statement in the opinion, in harmony with an express finding of the trial court, that “the association has continued to retain possession of the money paid by Beck and of the notes and chattel mortgage executed by him covering the deferred installments, and has from time to time collected such installments.” The record, as we have it, is greatly condensed, and some confusion is due to the fact that appellant was acting in a dual capacity. It is true that, acting for the assignee, he executed an assignment of the mortgage and notes to himself as trustee, but it was on conditions the referee declined to approve. Payments by Beck were made to him, but whether they were put in his assignee pocket or trustee pocket, he, as a witness was not sure. But minute analysis is wholly unnecessary. The statement in question was made in narration only, and was neither assigned nor considered as furnishing any reason whatsoever for our conclusion. That we did not regard it as material appears on the face of the opinion, and that appellant takes the same view is clear, for in his original brief he closes a…