Nichols v. Mitchell

Plaintiff brought this action for declaratory relief and to quiet title to certain real property in the city of Los Angeles following his purchase thereof on execution in partial satisfaction of a judgment for $59,141 stemming from a promissory note for $50,000 which defendant John S. Mitchell had made in favor of Mrs. Genevieve D. Turner and which, after its second renewal, she had assigned to plaintiff. The defense to this action rested upon the claim that Helen P. Mitchell, the wife of the judgment debtor and other defendant herein, had furnished the consideration for the purchase of the…