Buckey v. McGraw

The plaintiffs sued to quiet their title to an improved residence lot in the county of Los Angeles. By answer the defendants denied the plaintiffs’ title and by cross-complaint sought to recover from the plaintiffs the sum of $950, which was the amount of the initial payment from the defendants to the plaintiffs under a contract of conditional purchase and sale of said property. The contract was dated February 16, 1925, and provided for the total payment of $5,300—$950 upon the execution of the instrument, $45 on the twenty-third day of March, 1925, and $45 on the twenty-third day of each…