Martinez v. Archuleta-Padia

In this action for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, plaintiff, Jose Martinez, appeals the trial court’s judgment dismissing his complaint against defendant, Marie Ar-chuleta-Padia, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of Joseph James Padia. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In June 1993, Joseph Padia agreed, in two written documents, to sell Martinez a trailer home and the plot of land upon which the trailer home sat, for a combined price of $4000. Martinez put down $700 and thereafter paid Padia (and, after Padia died in 1994, his wife) $100…