Beadle v. Northrup

In June, 1942, Jessie Northrup brought suit against John and Susan Wight for $2,500. On February 9, 1943, the day the trial commenced, Wight and his wife executed a note for $7,600 in favor of their daughter, Mildred Beadle, and a mortgage securing the note on a five-unit residential property in Whittier. Mrs. Northrup recovered judgment of some $2,900, and in 1945 purchased the property at execution sale. Mrs. Beadle brought the present action to foreclose the mortgage, Mrs. Northrup answered and filed a cross-complaint alleging that the note and mortgage had been given without consideration…