Odd Fellows' Savings Bank v. Noonan

California Supreme Court
Odd Fellows' Savings Bank v. Noonan, 2 Cal. Unrep. 162 (Cal. 1883)

Odd Fellows' Savings Bank v. Noonan

Opinion of the Court

By the COURT.

We do not perceive in this case any just cause of complaint on the part of the defendant Matthew Nunan. The evidence is undoubtedly sufficient to sustain the finding of the court below to the effect that the leasehold interest, with the appurtenances, purchased from the estate of Armstrong, and taken in the name of said Matthew Nunan, was in fact the property of the defendant Thomas Noonan. The objection that there was no such issue between the defendants Thomas and Matthew is not well taken. The latter expressly alleged that he was the owner of the whole of the leasehold and appurtenances (including the purchase from the estate of Armstrong) on which issue was taken by the defendant Thomas. Plaving raised that issue, he cannot complain that the court determined it. The order in which the court below directed the respective interests in the property embraced in the plaintiff’s mortgage to be sold, and the application of the proceeds, are just as they should be.

Judgment and order affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
ODD FELLOWS' SAVINGS BANK v. THOMAS NOONAN MATTHEW NUNAN
Status
Published
Syllabus
Mortgage Foreclosure—Determination of Ownership.—In an action to foreclose a mortgage the record owner of the mortgaged property cannot complain if, after he by his answer has virtually invited the true owner to contest his title, the court determines the ownership.