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California Supreme Court· 4/3/1944

Beeler v. American Trust Co.

Citations

  • 24 Cal. 2d 1
  • 147 P.2d 583
  • 1944 Cal. LEXIS 209

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing “unquestioned” right of mortgagee to purchase mortgagor’s right of redemption
  • linking rental payments to an interest rate “constitute[d] a ‘strong circumstance’ tending to show that the ‘rent’ under the lease agreement was in reality an interest payment consistent with the character of the transaction as a loan”
  • linking rental payments to an interest rate “constitute[d] a ‘strong circum- stance’ tending to show that the ‘rent’ under the lease agreement was in reality an interest payment consistent with the character of the transaction as a loan”
  • what purports to be an absolute conveyance may be shown to be a mortgage, for the intention of the parties governs
  • appellate court will not disturb trial court’s finding that deed is mortgage “where there is substantial evidence warranting a clear and satisfactory conviction to that effect”

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Judges: Curtis, Traynor

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111 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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