Rising v. Gibbs

Citations

• 3 Cal. Unrep. 506
• 30 P. 589
• 1892 Cal. LEXIS 1053

Syllabus

<p>Canceling Deed,—A Complaint to Cancel a Deed Alleged that defendant, without plaintiff’s consent, abstracted the deed from a safe where it had been deposited by plaintiff in escrow pending the completion of a proposed sale to defendant of land therein described; that defendant after thus obtaining the deed caused it to be recorded; that no money was ever paid for the land; and defendant refused to pay the consideration or reconvey to plaintiff. Held, that the complaint showed a good cause of action.</p>