Riverside Land & Irrigation Co. v. Sawyer

Appeal from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, filed February 21, 1910, for a specific performance of an oral agreement, and damages for nonperformance, and on the plaintiff’s election to stand on its complaint, dismissing the suit.

The contract was in substance:

“That the party of the first part, The Riverside Land & Irrigation Company, agrees to and with the party of the second-part, R. H. Sawyer, that for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter to be kept and performed, to transfer to the said party of the second part an option, then held by the said…