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Janss Investment Co. v. Walden

California Supreme Court

Decided August 26, 1925No. Docket No. L.A. 8050PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a decree in a suit to quiet title. The facts are not in dispute. It appears that the plaintiff, Janss Investment Company, is a subdivider of land into town lots; that from one of its subdivisions it sold a lot to defendant Walden under an installment contract which contained as one of its conditions a paragraph of which the following is a copy:

“No part of said real property shall ever be leased, rented, sold or conveyed to any person who is not of the white or Caucasian race, nor be used ór occupied by any person who is not of the white or the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. City of Findlay v. PertzCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
  2. Ferguson & Fries v. GoochSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  3. Los Angeles Investment Co. v. GaryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
  4. McElroy v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  5. Fish v. LeserIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Meade v. DennistoneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
  2. Chandler v. ZieglerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1930
  3. Doherty v. RiceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1942
  4. Letteau v. EllisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
  5. White v. WhiteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929

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