Ketelhut

Ketelhut v. Gunther

Good Law
100 Cal. App. 409·1929 Cal. App. LEXIS 283·279 P. 1083
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaAugust 21, 1929Docket No. 6950.California1,242 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Sturtevant, J.

Plaintiff commenced an action against the defendants to recover moneys alleged to be due. The defendants appeared and tiled an answer, a counterclaim and a cross-complaint. The plaintiff answered the cross-complaint, and a trial was had before the trial court sitting with a jury. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and from a judgment entered thereon the defendants have appealed under section 953a of the Code of Civil Procedure.

In points 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 the defendants cite portions of the record which, they claim, would have justified a verdict in their favor. Conceding this claim in its entirety, it must also be conceded that there was evidence which supported the verdict. Under these circumstances a court of review may not disturb the verdict.

On the fifteenth day of June, 1925, the plaintiff as vendor and the defendants as vendees entered into a formal written contract by the terms of which the plaintiff agreed to sell and the defendants agreed to buy a bakery in the city of Richmond, Contra Costa County. By the terms of that instrument the sales price was fixed at $12,500. That amount was payable $1,000 on the execution of the agreement, $4,000 not later…

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