Mayers v. Alexander

This action was commenced by plaintiffs to specifically enforce an alleged agreement to sell certain real property, together with the furniture contained in the house upon said premises, located at 3830 Motor Avenue in the city of Los Angeles. Prom an adverse judgment plaintiffs prosecute this appeal.

The factual background which gave rise to this litigation, as reflected by the pleadings and the evidence adduced at the trial, may be thus epitomized: Plaintiffs and Lida M. Gertsen, now deceased, were next-door neighbors. During the summer of 1943 Mrs. Gertsen discussed the sale of the property…