Legal Opinion
First-Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago v. Meredith
California Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1936No. L. A. 13914PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment on the pleadings.
The plaintiff sued the defendant as a comaker of a promissory note payable to the plaintiff for $40,000, dated “State of Iowa, September 27, 1923”. The note provided that both principal and interest should be payable in sixty-eight semiannual instalments of $1300 each, beginning on May 1, 1924, and ending May 1, 1958. The note stated that it was secured by a mortgage deed made by Robert Meredith and Alice R. Meredith, his wife, and Harlan Meredith,"a bachelor, to the plaintiff, conveying real estate in the county of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Pritchard v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Meyer v. WeberCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
- Des Moines Savings Bank v. ArthurSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Hall v. JamesonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
- Felton v. WestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Zinn v. Ex-Cell-O Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1957
- Lester v. BeerAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1946
- First-Trust Joint Stock Land Bank v. MeredithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
- Kish v. Bay Counties Title Guaranty Co.California Court of Appeal · 1967
- Paillet v. VromanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
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