Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Wainscott
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 1, 1954No. Civ. 15808PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD (Fred B.), J.
Plaintiffs Sanford P. Lewis, a veteran, and Marie R. Lewis, his wife, brought this action against Roy Wainseott and Leota Wainseott to cancel a promissory note for $2,263.22 and a deed of trust securing the note, which plaintiffs had given the Wainseotts in part payment of the purchase price of certain real property.
Plaintiffs claim that their contract to pay the amount of this note is illegal and void for the reason, asserted by them, that it was made in violation of the provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 as amended (58 Stats., ch. 268, p. 284; as…
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