Mahan v. Wood
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The note sued on was for three thousand three hundred dollars gold coin, with interest at five eighths of one per cent per month, and was due ten months after date. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the Court below, and the defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Belcher, J.:
When the defendant made the promissory note in suit it was not definitely determined what amount of land the contemplated homestead association should own, nor what should be the number of its shares of stock. It was proposed to call it the Golden Gate Driving Park Homestead *467Association, but it was not yet organized, and the plans in reference to it do not seem to have been fully matured. The plaintiff and his associates, who were proposing to form the association, appear to have been then engaged in investigating the titles and negotiating for the purchase of…
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