Engasser v. Jones

Plaintiffs instituted this action against defendants to compel specific performance of a claimed oral agreement to sell certain real property located at Nuevo, in Riverside County. It is alleged that plaintiffs paid defendants $1,000 on account of the purchase price, were let into possession of the property, and still occupy it under an oral agreement; that defendants refused to perform their part of the agreement; and pray that if specific performance cannot be enforced judgment be awarded in favor of plaintiffs against defendants for such damages as they have sustained by reason of the…