Breckinridge v. Crocker
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Merced County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C. C.
This is an action to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract to convey certain real property. In the court below a nonsuit was granted, and the appeal is from the judgment thereupon entered.
It appears from the record that in 1871 the Contract and Finance Company, a corporation, was the owner of a tract of land in Merced County containing several hundred acres. On this tract a town was laid out, called the town of Merced, and a lithographic map of the town was made, showing the land to be divided into blocks and lots. On the map, a red line was drawn around an…
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