California Supreme Court June 27, 1895, No. 18,416 (Bedell v. Scoggins)

BELCHER, C.

On the thirtieth day of December, 1892, Henrietta R. Cooke sold" and conveyed to the defendant J. N. Scoggins a lot of land in the town of Colusa. The purchase price of the lot was $3,000, and of this sum the defendant at once paid $1,200, by assuming and discharging an indebtedness of Mrs. Cooke in that amount, which was secured by a mortgage on the property.