Sivers

Sivers v. Sivers

Good Law
1893 Cal. LEXIS 583·97 Cal. 518·32 P. 571
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMarch 11, 1893No. 15145California886 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Harrison, J.

The defendants executed to the plaintiff the following instrument in consideration of the loan to them by the plaintiff of the sum of three hundred dollars:—•

The court finds as a conclusion of law “ that no time of payment being specified in the obligation herein sued upon, the same became payable immediately upon the demand made by plaintiff for the payment thereof,” and rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff.

It is also alleged in the complaint and found by the court that at the time of the execution of the instrument it was agreed between the parties that the defendants should pay the sum named in the instrument whenever they should sell the real estate therein described, and that such sale had been made prior to the plaintiff’s demand and the commencement of the action. This finding of the court was made upon oral testimony thereof, and the appellants contend that it was incompetent to show such agreement by such testimony, for the reason that the written instrument must be held to embrace all the terms of the agreement between the parties.

The instrument executed.by the parties does no.t by any specific terms designate the time for its performance. That the provision…

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