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· 7/17/1894

Garms v. Jensen

Citations

  • 103 Cal. 374
  • 37 P. 337
  • 1894 Cal. LEXIS 781

Syllabus

<p>Mortgage—Provision For Taxes on Interest or Mortgagee—Constitutional Penalty.—A provision in a mortgage attempting to authorize the mortgagee, in the event of a foreclosure, to include in the judgment the amount of taxes paid by him on his interest as mortgagee, falls within the penalty of section 5 of article XIII of the constitution, and prevents him from recovering either the taxes or any interest on the note to secure which the mortgage was given, but not the principal sum secured by the mortgage.</p>

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  • a contractor may be hable to third parties for negligent performance of the contract work
  • a contractor may be liable to third parties for negligent performance of the contract work

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Judges: Harrison

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