Stone v. Garnett

California Supreme Court
Stone v. Garnett, 1 Cal. Unrep. 804 (Cal. 1873)

Stone v. Garnett

Opinion of the Court

By the COURT.

— The “guaranty” of Garnett was to make to the assignors of the plaintiff a title to the mining claims enumerated in the receipt. The circumstances go to show that the title was to be such a title as Garnett expected to obtain, and did ultimately obtain, from Wakelee. If was the duty of Garnett to convey that title within a reasonable time after he obtained it. The demand made by the plaintiff, that Garnett execute the deed (Exhibit “B”) prepared by the plaintiff, was a sufficient demand to put the defendant in default for the purposes of this action, because it was not the duty of the plaintiff to prepare and tender a deed to be executed, and even though the defendant might lawfully refuse to execute a deed such as the one presented, it was, nevertheless, his duty to cause to be prepared and to execute to the plaintiff such a deed as would be sufficient to vest in the plaintiff the Wakelee title to the mining claims referred to.

Order affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
SILAS A. STONE v. LOUIS A. GARNETT
Status
Published