Barnard v. Wilson

Citations

• 66 Cal. 251
• 5 P. 237
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 749

Syllabus

<p>Mortgage—Relief from Foreclosure Sale—Unreasonable Delay.—An application by a purchaser under a foreclosure sale to be released therefrom must be made within a reasonable time, and when so made, the application will ordinarily be granted, if the purchaser parted with his money under a mistaken notion of the law, although he had full knowledge of the facts.</p> <p>Id.—In order to avail himself of the • privilege accorded to him by a court of equity, to secure in the same suit a return of his money, he must inform himself of the law and facts within a reasonable time after the purchase.</p> <p>Id.—The delay in this case held unreasonable.</p>