Legal Opinion

People's Savings Bank v. Jones

California Supreme Court

Decided October 3, 1896No. Sac. No. 101PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County, and from an order denying a new trial.' J. R. Webb, Judge. The main facts are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County, and from an order denying a new trial.' J. R. Webb, Judge. The main facts are stated in the opinion. The instructions numbered 9, 10 and 11, alluded to in the opinion as having been asked by the defendants and refused by the court, were as follows: “ 9. The jury are instructed: If you find from the evidence that the-frame house was on the land bought by the plaintiff at. the sale made under the decree of foreclosure, made on the twenty-fourth day of April, 1894, and if you further find from the evidence that said house was removed…

1Opinion of the Court

Belcher, C.

The defendant T. E. Jones was the owner of two lots of land in the city of Fresno, on which he and his wife, the defendant Annie Jones, executed to the plaintiff two mortgages, one on the second day of March, 1892, and the other on the sixth day of May, 1892, to secure payment of certain promissory notes made by them. In April and May, 1893, the defendants caused a frame dwelling-house to be erected on said lots, which they thereafter occupied as their place of residence. The house rested on mudsills, which were placed on top of the ground. Afterward plaintiff commenced an action…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Fredericks v. TracyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Hall v. ArnottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Foorman v. WallaceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Locke v. MoultonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Smith v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Goes v. PerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Teater v. Good Hope Development Corp.California Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Boles v. StilesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Cameron v. WentworthMontana Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Guerin v. BlairCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949

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