Harrelson v. Tomich

California Supreme Court
Harrelson v. Tomich, 107 Cal. 627 (Cal. 1895)
40 P. 1032; 1895 Cal. LEXIS 801
Britt

Harrelson v. Tomich

Opinion of the Court

Britt, C.

The controlling question here is whether it was competent for defendants to prove an alleged oral agreement entered into by the parties to the mortgage, for the foreclosure of which plaintiff prosecutes this action, and contemporaneously with such mortgage, whereby the mortgagor undertook to pay the taxes which might be assessed or levied upon the mortgage or the debt secured by the same; this for the purpose of defeating plaintiff’s claim to interest on, the debt. The court below excluded such evidence, and rendered judgment for plaintiff. Counsel agree that the question presented is substantially the same as that in Daw v. Niles, 104 Cal. 106, which case was yet pending in this court when the briefs were filed on the present appeal. That case having been since decided adversely to the views of defendants, on its authority the judgment and order appealed from should be affirmed.

Haynes, C., and Belcher, C., concurred.

For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the judgment and order appealed from are affirmed.

McFarland, J., Henshaw, J., Temple, J.

Reference

Full Case Name
W. H. HARRELSON v. M. S. G. TOMICH
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Mortgage—Oral Agreement for Payment of Taxes—Foreclosure— Evidence.—In an action to foreclose a mortgage, evidence of a contemporaneous parol agreement between the parties to the mortgage, whereby the mortgagor undertook to pay the taxes which might be assessed or levied upon the mortgage or the debt secured thereby, is inadmissible, for the purpose of defeating the mortgagor's liability for interest on the debt.