Brock v. Pearson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion,
1Opinion of the Court
Hayne, C.
This was.a suit to compel the conveyance of an undivided one-fourth interest in a tract of 704 acres of land in the county of Los Angeles. The trial court decreed the conveyance of a one-eighth interest, and the defendants appealed.
The general features of the case are as follows: On the 9th of June, 1887, the owner of the land, one A. W. Timms, gave the plaintiff a contract of sale thereof for the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. The defendant Pearson was desirous of acquiring the property, and instructed one PI. y. Burner to negotiate for its purchase. The latter effected an…
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