Bechtel v. Axelrod

Having foreclosed a deed of trust given as security for a promissory note, the plaintiff commenced this action against the defendants Axelrod and Rosenthal to obtain a deficiency judgment. The defendant Axelrod had executed the note as an accommodation maker for the benefit of the defendant Rosenthal. The wife of the defendant Axelrod intervened seeking a declaration that their community property could not be subjected to payment of the obligation since it had been incurred by her husband solely as an accommodation maker and without her knowledge and consent. The trial court found that no…