Sprague v. Dugan

In my view the assignor-buyer, Bruce B. Sprague, lost his standing to appeal from the decision below when his assignee, First Peninsula Company, did not appeal and the judgment against it became final. The buyer’s reconveyance rights in the subject matter of the defendants’ contract were expressly conditioned in the agreement between the assignor-buyer and his assignee upon the property being conveyed “to The First Peninsula Co. by William Dugan and Mary Dugan in accordance with said contract.” The rights of a subsequent assignee cannot rise higher than those of his assignor. Thus, I do…