Cohn
Cohn v. Valentine
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Finch, J.
-In November, 1923, the plaintiff was in possession, under an agreement of purchase, of certain lots in the city of Los Angeles, together with the dwelling-house thereon and its “furniture and furnishings.” The agreement provided for the payment of $1,000 on the purchase price at the time of the execution of the contract, $19,000 on or before January 10, 1924, and the execution by the plaintiff of his promissory note for $60,000, payable on or before three years after November 15, 1923, secured by a mortgage on said real property. The pleadings, which cover nearly a hundred pages of the typewritten transcript, are too lengthy to be given even in substance, but the findings of the court sufficiently indicate the issues in controversy. The court found:
Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff against Valentine and Kane for $30,000, with interest thereon at the rate of seven per cent per annum from December 6, 1923; against Charles H. O’Connor and William C. O’Connor for $13,500, less $722.08 as commissions and expenses, with interest for the same period and at the same rate as in the judgment against Valentine and Kane; and against the Guaranty Building and Loan Association…