De Kahn v. Chase
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara County. Samuel E. Crow, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Canfield & Starbuck, for Appellant. Richards & Carrier, and George H. Gould, for Respondent.
1Opinion of the CourtWilbur, J.
This is an action for specific performance to compel the execution by the defendant of a lease for a life term to the plaintiff upon a lot occupied by her as a residence from 1905 to 1913, in pursuance of a verbal agreement whereby plaintiff alleges that she conveyed an adjoining lot by deed to the defendant, in consideration of an agreement upon the part of the defendant to erect upon the before-mentioned lot a cottage and give to her a life estate thereon. The deeding of the lot by plaintiff to defendant, and the occupancy by plaintiff for eight years of the premises claimed by her are…
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