Martin v. Baird

Plaintiffs brought this action to compel specific performance of an alleged agreement of defendant to sell 10 acres of land in Kern County. The only question presented is the sufficiency of the evidence to show a written agreement subject to specific performance.

In July, 1951, defendant, who resided in Los Angeles, wrote a real estate agent, Barker, in Bakersfield, about the possible sale of her property, and suggested a selling price of $10,000. Barker received an offer of $8,000 from plaintiffs, through another agent. This offer was reduced to writing on a standard real estate association…