Davis v. Kahn

Opinion

LILLIE, Acting P. J.

This litigation had its genesis in two joint ventures involving the sale of desert properties in San Bernardino County. In each instance plaintiff, who had found owners willing to sell to him, thereafter encountered difficulties in meeting the purchase price; he then contacted defendants, husband and wife (the latter being joined as the formers’ principal). In consideration of defendants’ financial assistance, it was orally agreed that plaintiff would nominate them as vestees under his written agreements of purchase with the owners and that, after purchase of the…