Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Ahrens
California Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1919No. L. A. No. 4695. L. A. No. 4696PublishedCited by 5 opinions
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
These appeals arise out of cross-actions based on the same transaction. The cases were tried together, and the evidence is brought up in a single bill of exceptions. Both actions and both appeals involve the rights of the parties under a note and mortgage made by Levi A. Stephens and Lulu B. Stephens, his wife, to Henrietta Ahrens, wife of Fred Ahrens. For present purposes, we may proceed as if there were but one plaintiff and one defendant in each case, and shall therefore refer to the parties respectively as Stephens and Ahrens.
In January, 1914, Ahrens had placed four thousand dollars in…
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