Legal Opinion

Ward v. De Oca

California Supreme Court

Decided February 12, 1898No. L. A. No. 314PublishedCited by 20 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County and from an order denying a new trial. Waldo M. York, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcFARLAND, J.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, Ward, to foreclose certain mortgages executed by the defendant, Mathews, to the plaintiff to secure certain promissory notes given, by Mathews to plaintiff, aggregating two thousand four hundred dollars. Maria de Oca and her husband, William Vickery, and J. P. Humphreys were made defendants, and a deficiency judgment was sought against them in the event that the proceeds of the sale of the mortgaged premises would not satisfy the mortgage debt, upon the theory that they were subsequent grantees of the mortgaged premises, and therefore liable for a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Keller v. AshfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. National Bank v. Grand LodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Willard v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Biddel v. BrizzolaraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Williams v. NaftzgerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Title Guaranty & Trust Co. v. BushnellTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Page v. W. W. Chase Co.California Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Fry v. AusmanSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1912
  4. McDonald v. FinsethNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Washer v. Independent Mining & Development Co.California Supreme Court · 1904

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