Phillips v. Yuma Trust & Holding Co.

On the eighth day of March, 1927, the appellant purchased from the appellee, under a contract, 80 acres of farming lands situated in Imperial county, California, for the sum of $6,000, to be paid in installments commencing January 1, 1928. By the contract the appellant was given possession of the property and immediately went into possession thereof and farmed the same for the years 1927 and 1928, growing crops thereon which he harvested and used the money therefrom for his own purposes. In April, 1929, the appellee leased the property to one Julian Parra. The agreement between the appellant…