Hunt v. Inner Harbor Land Co.

This is an action to recover moneys which plaintiff had paid to defendant as part of the agreed purchase price under a written contract of sale whereby defendant had agreed to convey and plaintiff had agreed to purchase a certain parcel of land in Los Angeles County. Subsequent to the contract and to the payment of the moneys sought to he recovered, a condemnation action was commenced by the Los Angeles Flood Control District to condemn the land for flood control purposes. In its contract to convey defendant covenanted to deliver to plaintiff, upon payment of the agreed purchase price, “a…