Mound City Land & Water Ass'n v. Slauson

Citations

• 65 Cal. 425
• 4 P. 396
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 583

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Consideration.—An agreement by a party to a contract for the sale of land, that he will prevent a judgment against the other party in an action brought against him on a guaranty, or protect him against such judgment in case of a recovery, is a sufficient consideration for the contract of sale, although the contract of guaranty may have been invalid.</p> <p>Trust—Pdeadino—Complaint—Demurrer.—The action was brought to establish a trust, and compel a conveyance of tho trust property. The court below sustained a demurrer to the complaint. Held, that no trust was shown by the complaint, and that the demurrer was properly sustained.</p>