Baker v. Superior Court

On application made by petitioners, the alternative writ' of mandamus issued, to which respondents have replied by demurrer and by answer. In substance- the facts as shown by the pleadings - are in agreement, and the cause may now be determined on the merits.

On the thirty-first day of August, 1925, one Austin and his wife, owners of a piece of real property in the city of Los Angeles, mortgaged the same to Isabel Baker; as security for a note made by one Ed McKinsey. Some time after this mortgage had been recorded, the' Austins conveyed- said real property to Marjorie McKinsey, wife of said…