Sausalito Bay Land Co. v. Sausalito Improvement Co.

The plaintiff sued the defendant to quiet title to two parcels of land. The complaint is in the usual form, alleging title and possession in plaintiff and that defendant claims an interest in the land without right.

The defendant, by cross-complaint sets up a claim for damages against the plaintiff under an executory agreement for the sale of the land made by the plaintiff and defendant on October 24, 1890. The plaintiff at that time was the owner of the land. It desired to dispose of the same and for that purpose the officers and stockholders of plaintiff formed and organized the defendant…