Poirier v. Gravel

Belcher, C.

The plaintiff brought this action in April, 1889, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars on a written instrument, which reads as follows:—

“$1,700. Los Angeles, Cal., February 9, 1888. ’’

“ I hereby promise to pay to Godfrey Poirier the sum of seventeen hundred dollars out of the net proceeds of *81the products, whether mineral, timber, wood, or any other thing, raised or taken from section 3 of township 11 north, range 15 west, of the San Bernardino meridian, in'Kern County, state of California, the said sum to be so paid in installments in such amounts and at such times as I shall realize…