Coleman v. Dawson

MR. JUSTICE THOMPSON (R. L.) Delivered the Opinion op the Court.

This is an appeal from a decree enforcing specific performance of an agreement to convey real property.

The defendant owned a tract of land four miles northeast of Porterville, consisting of 96.055 acres. The plaintiff owned five United States patents covering a machine designed to manufacture and compress certain by-products into briquettes for fuel purposes. January 10, 1924, a written agreement was executed between these parties for the sale of an undivided one-tenth interest in these patent rights for $10,000, to be paid by…