San Pedro Lumber Co. v. Wilson

Defendant Albert Moog was the owner of land in Orange County. He placed a mortgage upon it to secure a note in the sum of $10,000 to the Farmers.& Merchants Savings Bank, and thereafter executed a deed of trust to secure a note in the sum of $2,800 to the First National Bank of Santa Ana. The mortgage and deed of trust were recorded each in the order of its execution.

Thereafter Moog leased the property to F. B. Wilson who went into possession and with the knowledge and consent of Moog erected a house upon it. Plaintiff was not paid for the materials it had furnished and filed its…