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Securities - Application Of Antideficiency Judgment Statute To Second Purchase Money Trust Deed Where Security Is Exhausted By Foreclosure Of First Deed, John Houck S.Ed.
Securities - Application Of Antideficiency Judgment Statute To Second Purchase Money Trust Deed Where Security Is Exhausted By Foreclosure Of First Deed, John Houck S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
To secure the purchase price of land, defendant executed a promissory note and first deed of trust in favor of a savings and loan association, and a second note and deed in favor of plaintiff-vendor. On default of both obligations, the savings and loan association foreclosed upon the land. The resulting sale completely exhausted the security, and plaintiff brought the present action upon his note. Defendant interposed section 580b of the California Code of Civil Procedure, which specifies that "no deficiency judgment shall lie in any event after any sale of real property for failure of the purchaser to complete …