Wallace v. Ah Sam
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Searls, C.
On the first day of April, 1881, William S. Moss entered into an agreement with John Wallace, Frank T. Baldwin, and H. T. Compton, Jr., whereby, in consideration of the covenants and agreements to be kept and performed by the parties of the second part, he bound himself to convey to them the northern half (less 150 acres) of a certain tract of land by him owned in the county of San Joaquin.
The tract was swamp and overflowed land, and the consideration upon which the conveyance was to be made required the parties of the second part to reclaim the whole tract from overflow, by means…
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