King v. Meyer
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Sonoma County. This was an action of ejectment to recover a tract of land in Sonoma County.
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Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Sonoma County. This was an action of ejectment to recover a tract of land in Sonoma County. The defendant, in his answer, alleged a parol contract between the parties, by the terms of which the plaintiff was to convey, for a stipulated price in money, the demanded premises to him, also averred a full payment by him of such price, and that he had been let into and then held possession of the demanded premises, in accordance with said contract, and prayed that the plaintiff be adjudged to make complete specific performance of said…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sprague, J.:
Upon the question as to the fact of a verbal contract of sale of the lands in controversy between plaintiff and defendant, the payment of the full consideration agreed upon by defendant to plaintiff, and the entry of defendant into possession of the premises under such verbal contract of sale, there is a substantial conflict of evidence, and under the uniform action of this Court, although the evidence in this • case, as presented by the record, seems to be vague and unsatisfactory, we do not feel at liberty to disturb the ■findings.
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