American Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Lawrence
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered December 1, 1919, upon findings in favor of defendants, in an action to foreclose an equitable mortgage.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
— The purpose of this action, so far as the appeal is concerned, was to foreclose an alleged equitable lien claimed to have been created by a written instrument. Prom a judgment denying foreclosure, the plaintiff appeals.
The appellant, on and prior to November 28, 1914, when the writing in question was executed, was a corporation engaged in the banking business, and for convenience it will be referred to as the bank. Prior to this time, one Alfred Lawrence had executed and delivered to the bank certain mortgages which had been *199foreclosed, and sheriff’s deed would soon be obtained. Lawrence,…
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