Williams v. Long

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff’s intestate, and from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial, they appeal. The appeal from the judgment has by this court been dismissed (Williams v. Long, 130 Cal. 58 1 ), and there remains for consideration only the order denying the motion for a new trial. Plaintiff’s intestate, Henry Williams, who owned the claim, and the defendant Long, entered into an agreement for its sale and purchase, the contract providing, among other things, for a payment, though not the final one, at a given time, of ten thousand dollars. Williams executed a deed…