Burnell v. San Francisco Savings Union

The plaintiff brought this action to recover from the defendant certain money alleged to have been received by it on deposit for the use of Margaret A. Given and assigned by her to him. Judgment was rendered in his favor, and the defendant has appealed.

The following facts appear from the record: On July 25, 1896, Mrs. Given was the owner of a piece of real estate in San Francisco, which was encumbered by a deed of trust to secure an obligation of hers to the defendant, amounting to about seven thousand dollars, and which she had sold to one .Mattheas. On that day the purchaser, together with…