Meyer v. Johnson

May a note and mortgage executed by an administrator, pursuant to statute and approval of the court, result in a deficiency judgment enforcible against other estate assets after sale of the mortgaged premises in foreclosure?

This is an action to quiet title to certain residential property in Olympia. The rights of plaintiff (appellant) and interveners (respondents) accrue from independent transactions resulting from the machinations of one Levy Johnson, a lawyer.

January 31, 1947, Hugh Beaton died intestate. Effie Beaton, his wife and sole heir, qualified as administratrix of his estate.…