Davison

Davison v. Finneran

Good Law
1935 Cal. LEXIS 495·4 Cal. 2d 51·47 P.2d 271
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJuly 1, 1935S. F. No. 15049California1,642 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Preston, J.

In this cause a judgment was rendered in favor of defendants and cross-complainants Finneran, from which plaintiffs and cross-defendants Davison appealed.

*52 The appeal involves no legal question of importance. The sole issue in reality is that of sufficiency of the evidence to support the findings and judgment. This is true because, under the view of the somewhat conflicting evidence adopted by the trial court, the three points made by appellant, which might otherwise be meritorious, are untenable. The evidence points directly to the correctness of the trial court’s conclusions and upon the record before us, we have no hesitancy at all about affirming the judgment.

On May 8, 1929, plaintiffs and defendants entered into an agreement for the exchange of real property, pursuant to which plaintiffs conveyed to defendants a ranch in Kern County, valued at $15,250, subject to first trust deed securing an indebtedness of $2,000. Defendants assumed the $2,000. encumbrance; they gave plaintiffs their note for $8,750, secured by second trust deed on the ranch; they paid plaintiffs $500 cash and they conveyed to plaintiffs real property in West Hollywood, subject to a $2,000 mortgage…

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