White v. Horton

The appellants Horton, to secure the payment of a promissory note, had executed a mortgage upon a lot of land in the county of Los Angeles. Subsequent to the execution and recordation of this mortgage, the husband made a declaration of homestead upon the mortgaged property for the benefit of himself and family. Thereafter, the defendant and respondent Ednah J. Menner recovered a judgment against the defendant George C. Horton for the sum of four thousand dollars with interest and costs. The note secured by mortgage becoming overdue and being unpaid, an action to foreclose was commenced by…