Snow v. Ferrea

Citations

• 45 Cal. 195

Syllabus

<p>Contract to Pat Purchase Monet of Land.—If the purchaser c# land who acquires possession from his grantor, contracts to pay the purchase money when his grantor obtains the title of the United States, and if this possession disables the grantor from acquiring the title of the United States, and enables the purchaser to obtain it in his own name, the purchaser must pay the purchase money, less the expense he was at in obtaining the title from the United States.</p> <p>Construction of Contract.—An agreement to procure the title of the United States to land, and then execute a deed to the other contracting party, is complied with by procuring a patent of the United States to the other party.</p>