Grove
California Packing Corp. v. Grove
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Prewett, J.
This action was commenced for the purpose of recovering an amount due from defendants for failure to deliver certain peach crops, in accordance with the terms of a written contract entered into by respondent Grove and the assignor of the plaintiff. Respondent Adelsbach was made a party by order of the lower court' for the reason that he became the purchaser of the real property upon which was grown the fruit men tioned in the contract. The plaintiff in an amended complaint sets forth the contract in full and also all the facts showing the violation thereof and the amount of damages sustained by him. The respondents demurred to the amended complaint upon the ground that it fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
This demurrer was sustained, without leave to amend, and judgment was entered accordingly, and from this judgment the plaintiff appeals. Two points only are presented for the consideration of the court.
[1] 1. The respondent Grove claims that the contract in question runs with the land and that, upon the conveyance of the premises to his codefendant, the latter was saddled with the burdens of the contract and the former was released therefrom. The…