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· 10/15/1871

Brown v. Central Land Co.

Citations

  • 42 Cal. 257

Syllabus

<p>Per CROCKETT, J., SPRAGUE, J., concurring:</p> <p>Power to Sell on Credit, when Time of Credit not Specified.— Where Brown and wife authorized Taylor to sell their land on credit, without specifying the time of such credit, and Taylor sold on a credit of seven years; held, that Taylor could only sell upon a reasonable credit, and that the question of the reasonableness of the credit was to be determined only after testimony heard.</p>

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Judges: Crockett, Sprague, Wallace

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