Boyle v. Sweeney

Opinion

CHANNELL, J.

After a court trial, the trial court determined that respondent William Boyle was entitled to recover the principal due on the promissory note of appellants Edwin P. Sweeney and Ronald Brown. Sweeney and Brown appeal, contending that codified antideficiency protection (see Code Civ. Proc., § 580b) 1 precludes this result. We affirm the judgment.

I. Facts

In 1981, Mario and Pearl Evola 2 and appellant Edwin P. Sweeney executed a promissory note for $50,000 to Gertrude Boyle. The note was secured by a deed of trust on real property on Broderick Street in San Francisco and Boyle…