Los Angeles Trust & Savings Bank v. Bortenstein

This is an action to foreclose a mortgage on real property. Herman Bortenstein and the city of Los Angeles are defendants. Bortenstein alone appeals from the decree of foreclosure. The chief question on the appeal is whether plaintiff has any lien, legal or equitable, upon certain moneys that, in another action, were adjudged to be due from the city to Bortenstein for injury to the mortgaged property. Bortenstein filed a demurrer to the complaint in the present action. The demurrer was overruled, he was given ten days to answer, and, failing to answer, his default was entered. The city filed…