Boshes v. Miller

This is an appeal by defendants Miller and Fisher from a judgment granting plaintiff damages for failure to convey real property to him. Plaintiff, a contractor, and defendants entered into a joint venture the terms of which were expressed in a writing of August 4, 1947. They were to acquire lots, build houses and sell them, sharing the profits and losses one-third to plaintiff and two-thirds to defendants. Title was to be placed in plaintiff, he was to obtain construction loans upon notes and trust deeds of himself and wife, following which title was to be placed in the names of defendants,…