Sharp v. Bowie

November 6, 1891, the defendants were sole owners of block 664, Outside Lands, San Francisco, and were desirous of selling it in subdivisions, but were hindered by the pendency of a suit theretofore instituted by the plaintiff to quiet her alleged title to an undivided half of the block. To obviate this difficulty they entered into a written contract with plaintiff by which they agreed to pay her one thousand dollars down and three thousand dollars more within the ensuing six months in consideration of her agreement to quitclaim her interest in the block as follows: She was to quitclaim and…