Pendleton v. Cline
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This was an action to recover $302 for services in making an abstract of title. The defendants put in a counterclaim for $6,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by reason of the fact that the abstract was not made in time. The jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $250, and the defendants appeal.
1. The facts stated in the counterclaim are, in substance, that if the plaintiffs had made the abstract in time, the defendants would have been able to borrow money on their property, and would have been able with such money to purchase other lands for which they had been…
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