Hellman v. Messmer
California Supreme Court
.Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belchee, C. C.
—The plaintiffs, as executors of the last will of Andre Briswalter, commenced this action to compel the defendant to convey to them certain real property in the city of Los Angeles.
The complaint alleges that Briswalter in his lifetime purchased the property in controversy from Pio Pico for the sum of one thousand dollars; that the defendant was employed by him as his agent to negotiate the purchase, and as such agent did negotiate the purchase for and on account of his principal; that the property was conveyed by Pico to defendant, who agreed to take and hold the same in his own…
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