Barsolou v. Newton
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Yolo, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
This was an action to enforce specific performance of a contract made by the defendants jointly, for the sale *224and. conveyance of a lot of land in the toAvn of Woodland to Andmv Weaver, the grantor and assignor of the plaintiff. Scliardin, one of the defendants, admitted all the allegations of the complaint, and averred his readiness to perform the contract; but his co-defendant NeAAdon denied the allegations, and averred that the plaintiff AAras not entitled to performance of the contract, because, by a subsequent paroi agreement between Weaver and the defendants, Weaver AA'as not to receive…
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