Ehrhart v. Mahony

On September 27, 1910, the parties to the action entered into a written agreement denominated "Contract for Deed,” whereby the plaintiffs agreed to sell and the defendants agreed to purchase three certain quartz mining claims in Calaveras County for the sum of three thousand dollars, payable in installments, and defendants agreed to do all assessment work on said claims from the date of said contract. Defendants paid the first installment of fifty dollars, but made no further payments, and they notified plaintiffs that they refused to carry out said contract or to pay any further…