Any interest in real property which is capable of being transferred may be mortgaged.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2947
Mortgage of Real Property
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case McLeod v. Barnum (1901)
Most recently applied in Tripler v. MacDonald Lumber Co. (July 1916)
Enacted 1872.
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