Martin

Martin v. Morgan

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1890 Cal. LEXIS 1118·87 Cal. 203·25 P. 350
Supreme Court of CaliforniaDecember 19, 1890No. 13783California1,289 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Sharpstein, J.

This is an action to compel specific performance of a unilateral contract, by which the respondent agreed to convey to appellant’s assignors a certain tract of land at any time -within sixty days from the date of said contract, upon the following express conditions: The said assignors to pay to respondent $150 of the purchase-money down on the delivery of said contract, and the balance within sixty days from the date thereof, otherwise said agreement to be null and void. One hundred and fifty dollars was paid on the delivery of the contract, but the balance of the purchase price, to wit, $4,850, was not paid or tendered within sixty days from the date of said contract. As an excuse for not paying said balance within said sixty days, the plaintiff in his complaint alleges that before the expiration of said sixty days from the date of said contract, the defendant, for a valuable consideration, extended the time of performance on the part *206 of his assignors to a reasonable time after the expiration of said sixty days. The court found that the defendant never extended the time for the performance of the conditions expressed in said agreement, or for the payment of any money…

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