Rushing v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““Under the first three propositions presented in appellants’ brief, it is very earnestly insisted that plaintiff, by pursuing his remedy of sale of the land under the deed of trust for the amount due on the three notes to secure which the trust deed was executed, estopped himself from suing defendants to recover the balance due upon the three notes, and also the amount due upon the $750 note assumed by the defendants. We cannot agree with appellants’ counsel in this view of the law applicable to the facts of this case. * * * Certainly the parties to the deed of trust never contemplated that, if the land failed to sell for enough to pay the three notes, the holder of the notes and the deed of trust must accept the proceeds of the sale in full satisfaction of the three notes and all other indebtedness of defendants secured by a lien on the land. There is to our minds no rule of equity, law, or reason requiring such effect to be given the sale of the land under the provisions of the deed of trust.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Norwood Homes, Inc. v. Marburger · Smith v. OLNEY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'N