26 Wash. 469 | Wash. | 1901
The opinion of the court was delivered hy
By the amended complaint in this cause it appears that respondent is, by purchase and assignment, the owner and holder of a certain note executed by one Orrie Beeman on or about the 20th day of June, 1893. At the time of the execution of the note, a mortgage upon certain real estate in Snohomish county was given by the maker of the note to secure the same. Respondent is also the holder of the mortgage, and seeks to foreclose it in this action. The original complaint was against Bee-man, the mortgagee, alone, but the appellant asked leave to intervene in the cause, which was granted, and thereafter the amended complaint was filed. The mortgage contains a covenant that, in the event of default in payment of the debt, it may be foreclosed, and the land sold to satisfy the principal and interest of the debt, together with any sum paid as taxes upon the mortgaged land by the mortgagee, and also for $50 attorney’s fees. It is alleged that on the 2d day of April, 1900, respondent paid to the county treasurer of Snohomish county the sum of $74.36, as taxes upon the said mortgaged premises, which taxes were then due, -owing, and delinquent, and were a lien upon the said premises paramount to the lien of the mortgage; that the said note became due on the 20th day of
Appellant’s contention is that this action is barred by the statute of limitations. The action is not barred, as
Appellant’s answer to the amended complaint alleges that the deed by which the mortgaged premises were conveyed by the mortgagor to appellant was executed on the 23d day of December, 1893, but was not filed for record until the 19th day of April, 1900. The original complaint in this cause was filled April 13, 1900. Appellant’s deed was not filed for record until six days after this suit was actually commenced. Despondent therefore had no constructive notice of the existence of appellant’s rights in the mortgaged premises until after he had actually commenced this suit. There is no averment in the answer that respondent or his assignor had, prior to that time, received any actual notice of the fact that such a conveyance had been made, and nothing appears in the record showing such actual notice. It appears, therefore, that respondent did not know that he held a cause of action against appellant prior to the time the deed was recorded. He knew he held a cause of action against the
For tbe reasons last assigned, we think respondent was entitled to have this mortgage foreclosed; be was entitled to a decree establishing bis lien for tbe amount of tbe mortgage debt, together with tbe taxes paid, and for attorney’s fees provided in tbe mortgage. Such relief was granted him by tbe decree of tbe court below, and tbe judgment is therefore affirmed.
Pea vis, C. J., and Dunbar, Fullerton, White, Anders and Mount, JJ., concur.