Campbell v. Thomas

Citations

• 87 Cal. 428
• 25 P. 545
• 1891 Cal. LEXIS 998

Syllabus

<p>Real Estate Agent—■ Contract tor Compensation — Reservoir Site — Possessory Right —• After-acquired Title — Sale by Principal, •— A written contract to pay to an agent for the sale of a reservoir dam site a certain share of the purchase price, whether the sale should he effected hy the agent or by the principal, is not defeated or affected by the fact that the principal had only a possessory title to the site at the date of the contract, and thereafter procured the legal title thereto, and sold it as land.</p>