Handy v. Gordon

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendants entered after the trial court granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings. Plaintiff contends that his complaint states a cause of action for specific performance of a contract to sell land and that therefore the trial court erred in granting the defendants’ motion. (See MacIsaac v. Pozzo (1945) 26 Cal.2d 809, 815-816 [161 P.2d 449].)

The complaint alleges that on January 21, 1964, the parties entered into a written contract in which defendants agreed to sell certain real property to plaintiff. The contract was set forth in escrow…