Orloff v. Pece

From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in a suit in unlawful detainer after sale under a deed of trust, the defendants appealed.

The deed of the trustee recited that said sale was made by him “through his attorney”. It is contended that such recital rendered the deed insufficient as prima facie evidence of title in the vendee, plaintiff and respondent. It is also contended that except through the authority- of section 2924a of the Civil Code the sale could not be conducted by the trustee through his attorney. The appellants seek to invoke the rule announced in Central Sav. Bank v. Lake, 62…