Legal Opinion

Reynolds v. Borel

California Supreme Court

Decided November 29, 1890No. 12616PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Per curiam

This action was brought to recover a deposit of money made by the plaintiff, Reynolds, to bind his purchase of land from the defendant, Borel. A part of the contract was, that the plaintiff—the purchaser — should be allowed twenty days from the date of the contract within which to search the title to the property, and if the title was found to be “ imperfect, and cannot be made good, said deposit will be returned.”

The plaintiff submitted a proper abstract of title to *539the land to his attorney, who, within the specified time, pronounced the title imperfect, and objected to it on these grounds: —

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Turner v. McDonaldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Sheehy v. MilesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Ogg v. HermanMontana Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Crim v. UmbsenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Barbour v. FlickCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Muller v. PalmerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904

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