Barkis v. Scott

34 Cal.2d 116 (1949)

WILLIAM E. BARKIS, Respondent,

v.

VERNER B. SCOTT et al., Appellants.

S. F. No. 17719.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 1, 1949.

Eugene Elerding and Albert M. Hardie for Appellants.

Marshall Rutherford and Ralph Nathanson for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Defendants have appealed from a judgment quieting plaintiff's title to a parcel of real property. In 1941, plaintiff and defendants executed a contract whereby defendants agreed to purchase plaintiff's house and lot in Oakland. Seven hundred dollars was paid down and the balance of $5,450 with 6 per cent interest was to be…