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9 Cal. 2d 161

St. George v. Meyer

California Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 1937

California Supreme Court · decided 1937-06-29

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 1995

Relies on Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Bentley · 131 Cal. App. 439 - Hewitt v. Justice's Court · 134 Cal. App. 278 - Nineteenth Realty Co. v. Diggs

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Decided 1937-06-29

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LANGDON, J.

¶1This is an action to set aside a sale under a deed of trust. Defendant had judgment and plaintiff appealed.

¶2The bulk of plaintiff’s brief is devoted to the proposition that deeds of trust are but mortgages, which must be foreclosed by a judicial proceeding. This question is no longer open in California. (Bank of Italy Nat. T. & S. Assn. v. Bentley, 217 Cal. 644 [20 Pac. (2d) 940].; Medico-Denial Discount Corp. v. Title Ins. & Trust Co., 11 Cal. App. (2d) 200 [53 Pac. (2d) 386].)

¶3The objection that the provision in the instrument for payment in gold coin necessitated judicial foreclosure is answered by our decision in Durst v. Battson, L. A. No. 15486, this day filed (ante, p. 156 [69 Pac. (2d) 992]).

¶4An unlawful detainer action was brought against plaintiff by the purchaser at the trustee’s sale, and plaintiff sought unsuccessfully to abate the same. She now contends that section 1161a of the Code of Civil Procedure, which permits such a proceeding, is unconstitutional. The section has been upheld and applied in several decisions. (Nineteenth Realty Co. v. Diggs, 134 Cal. App. 278 [25 Pac. (2d) 522]; Hewitt v. Justice’s Court, 131 Cal. App. 439 [21 Pac. (2d) 641]; American Nat. Bank v. Johnson, 124 Cal. App. (Supp.) 783 [11 Pac. (2d) 916]; Berkeley Guarantee Building & Loan Assn. v. Cunnyngham, 218 Cal. 714 [24 Pac. (2d) 782].)

¶5The judgment is affirmed.

¶6Edmonds, J., Curtis, J., Shenk, J., and Seawell, J., concurred.

¶7Rehearing denied.

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