Meili v. Crane

PULLEN, J., pro tem.

To secure the repayment of a promissory note to J. J. Heili and O. W. Fry, respondents, J. A. Crane and Evangelyn Crane executed two mortgages, one a second mortgage on a piece of orchard land in the county of Los Angeles and the other a chattel mortgage on certain furniture and equipment in an apartment house in the city of Los Angeles, together with their leasehold interest therein. Upon default on the note, respondents brought this action praying, among other things, that the mortgages be foreclosed, and that a receiver be appointed pendente lite to take over the…