Central Construction Co. v. Hartman

TUTTLE, J., pro tem.

This action was brought to determine the rights of the parties in respect to certain executory contracts for the sale of real property, appellant and respondent being successive assignees of the vendor under said contracts.

Capuchino Golf Corporation, in 1926, was the owner of a tract of land in San Mateo County, and during that year engaged Stansbury Contracting Company to furnish materials and perform labor in improving said tract. In 1929 the Golf Corporation owed the Contracting Company approximately $152,000.

During this time the Golf Corporation had entered into…