A mortgage is a lien upon everything that would pass by a grant of the property.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2926
Mortgages in General
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Chapman v. Great Western Gypsum Co. (1932)
Most recently applied in 232 Cal. App. 2d 29 - Jeffery v. City of Salinas (February 1965)
Enacted 1872.
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