Hudson v. Johnson

Citations

• 45 Cal. 21

Syllabus

<p>Ambiguous Complaint.—In an action to compel the conveyance of land in pursuance of an agreement, the complaint did not clearly set forth, whether the title which the defendant agreed to obtain, and did obtain, was a title to the land as lieu land or a title under the preemption laws of the United States: JSeld, that the complaint was ambiguous and uncertain.</p> <p>Equity will not Enpobce an Illegal Contbact.—A Court of equity will not enforce an agreement to obtain the title to land from the United States by preemption, and then convey the same to the plaintiff, for such an agreement is in contravention of the preemption laws of the United States.</p>