McCarty v. Christie

Citations

• 13 Cal. 79

Syllabus

<p>A note for five hundred dollars by an insolvent, to the order of Alfred McCarty, is insufficiently described where the schedule simply states, “Alfred McCarty, borrowed money, April, 1855, $500; ” and a discharge in such case is no bar to a suit on the note.</p> <p>The payment by a judgment debtor of the judgment, after a Sheriff’s sale, extinguishes the lien; and the fact that he takes a transfer of the certificate and the Sheriff’s deed, instead of a certificate of redemption, cannot divest the lien of a subsequent judgment.</p>