McCarthy v. Kurkjian

ST. SURE, J.

Plaintiffs obtained a judgment foreclosing a first mortgage on certain real property. Appellant here, second mortgagee, appealed, and the judgment was affirmed by this court on February 13, 1924 (see Civil No. 4672, same parties, 65 Cal. App. 569 [224 Pac. 1016]). The facts are fully stated in the opinion. After judgment, and while the appeal in No. 4672 was pending, the superior court made an order appointing a receiver to preserve the property. Appellant here thereupon made application to the supreme court for a writ of

supersedeas.

His petition in that matter sets forth the same facts and makes the same points presented upon the instant appeal. After hearing upon an order to show cause the supreme court denied the application and later denied a rehearing.

The first mortgage provided that the land was mortgaged and “together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining.” It also provided that “upon the commencement of any action to foreclose this mortgage, the mortgagee shall be entitled to the immediate possession of the mortgaged premises, and to the appointment of a receiver to collect the rents and profits arising therefrom.” At the time of the entry of the judgment of foreclosure the rents were paid to plaintiffs under stipulation later revoked. Application was made to the superior court for the appointment of a receiver to preserve the property pending appeal. Hearing was had upon affidavits of the parties, when the court made its order appointing a receiver. We are bound by the determination of the lower court in this regard.

(Fox

v.

Flood,

44 Cal. App. 786, 788 [187 Pac. 68].) The order authorized and directed the receiver to take possession of the property and “to collect the rents, issues and profits arising therefrom until the further order of this court, to

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pay all state, county and municipal taxes now due or that may become due on said premises, to maintain proper fire insurance on the building located on said real property, and to pay the premiums thereof, to make and pay for the necessary repairs and improvements of said building to comply with the state, county and municipal ordinances and law, ...”