Koshland v. Spring
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County and from an order denying a new trial. F. B. Ogden, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Britt, C.
Plaintiffs agreed with defendants for the purchase of certain land, and deposited with the latter five thousand dollars as earnest money pending investigation of the title. This action was brought to recover such deposit, plaintiffs claiming that the title was not good or satisfactory; defendants denied the defects alleged, and filed a cross-complaint to compel specific performance of the contract. The court below held with the plaintiffs. The facts of the case are numerous and have not much interdependence; a somewhat extended statement of them is necessary to an understanding of…
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