Johnson v. Wunner
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. E. P. Shortall, Judge. Affirmed. ‘ The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
This is an action to compel specific performance of an oral contract, which plaintiff claimed was fully-performed on her part. At the time the contract was entered into the parties occupied the relation of landlord and tenant. The defendant, who is the tenant, conducted a grocery-store in premises owned by plaintiff, and he was desirous of increasing the dimensions of hid floor space. Accordingly the parities entered into an oral agreement whereby plaintiff agreed to purchase a vacant lot adjoining the leased premises, and erect thereon a building as an addition to the store held by…
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