Hall v. Wallace
Citations
- 88 Cal. 434
- 26 P. 360
- 1891 Cal. LEXIS 709
Syllabus
<p>Vendor and Purchaser — Statute of Frauds — Parol Contract of Sale — Authority of Agent. — A verbal contract for the sale of real property, or for an interest therein, is invalid; and if made by the agent of the party sought to be charged, is invalid, unless the agent’s authority is in writing, subscribed by the party sought to be charged.</p> <p>Id. — Void Contract with Agent—Tenancy at Will — Unlawful Detainer — Termination of Tenancy-—Notice.—The entry and holding of an intending purchaser under a void verbal contract for the sale of the premises, with an agent of the vendor, who had no written authority to make the contract, constitutes the possessor a tenant at will of the owner of the land, who may maintain against him an action for unlawfnl detainer, after notice of thirty days to terminate the tenancy, and a subsequent three days’ notice to quit.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that there was sufficient evidence to sustain the defendant’s convictions for four home invasion robberies where the accomplice’s testimony was corroborated by the fact that all four home invasions were committed in the same manner
- claim of ineffective assistance of counsel fails where defendant fails to carry his burden of showing that interpretation provided at trial was so inadequate as to deny him a fundamentally fair trial
- jury was authorized to convict defendant as a co-conspirator to sexual battery
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Judges: Sharpstein
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