Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Vallejo
California Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1873No. 3,296PublishedCited by 22 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, County of Alameda. This action was commenced February 8th, 1870. The Wilsons had assigned to plaintiff Hendy their interest in the contract. It was alleged that the defendants, other than the Vallejos, claimed some interest in the land adverse to the plaintiffs. The Wilsons were attorneys at law. The plaintiffs appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:
The complaint sets forth an agreement, as follows:
“ This agreement, made and entered into this fifth day of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by and between José Jesus Vallejo, of the County of Alameda, State of California, of the first part, and William P. Hoffman, Samuel M. Wilson, and David S. Wilson, the latter two constituting the law firm of Wilson & Wilson, of the City and County of San Francisco, of the second part, witnesseth: Whereas, the said Vallejo has certain rights and claims to *567that certain rancho or tract of land, or a great part…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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