Barker v. Maskell

Citations

• 101 Cal. 9
• 35 P. 641
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 978

Syllabus

<p>Chattel Mortgage—Furniture of Lodging-House—Purchase Price— Pleading—Ambiguity.—A mortgage upon the furniture and upholstery of a lodging-house is valid as between the parties to it, regardless of whether or not it is given for the purpose of securing the purchase price of the property therein described; and a demurrer to a complaint, in an action to foreclose the mortgage, on the ground that the complaint is ambiguous in that it fails to show that the mortgage was given to secure the payment of the purchase price of the property is properly overruled.</p>