Legal Opinion

Stanton v. Singleton

California Supreme Court

Decided September 23, 1898No. L. A. No. 406PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPEAL from Superior Court, Kern County; Walter Van Dyke, Judge. Action by O. B. Stanton against John Singleton and others. Prom a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the complaint plaintiff appeals. Reversed.

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

The plaintiff seeks by this action to compel a performance by the defendants of the following contract, which he alleges was made and entered into between him and them on the twenty-second day of June, 1895:

“Agreement made and entered into this 22nd day of June, 1895, between John Singleton, P. M. Mooers, and C. A. Bureham, of Kern county, state of California, parties of the first part, and O. B. Stanton, of Bakersfield, state of California, party of the second part: Whereas, the parties of the first part are owners by location of a certain mineral tract located in the Summit mining district,…

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