Gilfallan v. Gilfallan
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendant, given after sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s amended complaint.
The object of the action was to obtain specific performance of a contract whereby the defendant agreed to sell to the plaintiff fifty thousand shares of stock of the Paraffine Oil Company, a corporation. The oil company was made a party to the action, but it did not appear and the judgment runs in favor of M. J. Gilfallan alone.
1. The first point urged by respondent in support of the judgment below is that an action will not lie to enforce specific performance of…
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