Security-First National Bank v. Bennett

Defendants appeal from a judgment in which plaintiff was awarded the balance due on a promissory note secured by a trust deed after a sale of the property given as security.

The action was commenced on August 15, 1933, against seven individual defendants who had signed the note. One of these defendants, William H. Bennett, had died May 4, 1933. Plaintiff presented to Manerva D. Bennett, executrix of the will of William H. Bennett, deceased, on August 8, 1933, its verified claim for the amount for which judgment was rendered. This claim was rejected by the executrix on August 22, 1933. An…