Goold

Goold v. Singh

Good Law
1928 Cal. App. LEXIS 346·88 Cal. App. 339·263 P. 548
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 14, 1928Docket No. 6044.California1,214 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Cashin, J.

An appeal by defendants from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff quieting the title to certain real and personal property.

On March 11, 1920, an agreement for the purchase and sale of the property was entered into between the plaintiff and defendant Kishan Singh. The purchase price was $11,500, which defendant agreed to pay in installments, with interest, as follows: $1,000 upon the execution of the agreement, which payment was acknowledged; $1,500 on or before four years after date and at least $1,500 each year thereafter until one-half of the purchase price had been paid, whereupon the plaintiff agreed to convey the property to the vendee upon the execution by the latter of a note for the balance secured by a mortgage on the real property. The vendee further ■ agreed to improve at least twenty acres of the land annually during the first four years by planting vines and trees thereon and to cultivate and maintain the same in accordance with the best custom and practice in the locality. He was given the privilege of selling or contracting for the sale of any portion of the land, it being agreed that if the portion sold be unimproved the price should net the plaintiff at…

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