Bostwick v. McEvoy
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, and from an order modifying said judgment, in the Third District Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Thornton, J. A petition for hearing in bank was filed in this case after judgment, and denied.
1Opinion of the Court
McKee, J.:
On the fourth day of November, 1873, one Kimbell and others sold and conveyed to the defendant, P. H. McEvoy, the tract of land in controversy in this case, for the sum of $9,393.80. To secure payment of the purchase money, John McEvoy joined the defendant P. H. in the execution of four promissory notes, three of them for the sum of $2,398.45 each, and the fourth for the sum of $2,198.45. The first was payable one year, the second two years, the third three years, and the fourth four years, after date; and P. H. McEvoy secured their payment by giving a mortgage upon the land.
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