Zenos v. Britten-Cook Land & Livestock Co.

Plaintiff sued to foreclose a mortgage for $5,000 on certain land located in the county of Imperial. The cause was tried before the court and resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals upon a record prepared under section 953a of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The facts of the case are that- on July 1, 1917, the note and mortgage in suit were executed under seal by Britten and Cook, the president and secretary, respectively, of defendant corporation, in the city of Chicago, where the defendant corporation had its principal, place of business. The mortgage…