Legal Opinion

Baker v. Butcher

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 11, 1930No. Docket No. 4116PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

This is an appeal from a judgment against the plaintiffs in a suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against the foreclosure of a trust deed on the ground that the note secured thereby was executed in conflict with the usury law of California and void.

The plaintiffs were the owners of lots one and two, block four of Ocean Pier West in Long Beach, Los Angeles County. The complaint alleges that on December 12, 1924, they borrowed $16,200 from the Los Angeles Investment Securities Corporation for which they executed a promissory note for $20,000 payable January 1, 1926,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Haines v. Commercial Mortgage Co.California Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Commercial Credit Co. v. TarwaterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  3. Verbeck v. ClymerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Lamb v. HerndonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
  5. Sabine v. . PaineNew York Court of Appeals · 1918

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Abbot v. StevensCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
  2. Rose v. WheelerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
  3. Kwong How v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
  4. Hall v. Mortgage Security Corp. of AmericaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Borgonovo v. HendersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960

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