Beard v. Beard
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Monterey County, and from an order directing the issuance of a writ of assistance. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpstein, J.
—It appears by the findings that the plaintiff herein transferred real and personal property to the defendant, in consideration of her executing to him four notes, and securing the payment of the same by a mortgage, and abandoning her defense in an action of divorce then pending between them, and doing nothing to resist, or prevent, or delay him in obtaining a decree of divorce therein. He seeks in this action to recover the amount so secured. The defense is that the notes and mortgage are so tainted by fraud that a court ought not to enforce them. The agreement between the parties in the…
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