MATTEI v. HOPPER

Docket No. S.F. 19806.

51 Cal.2d 119 (1958)

330 P.2d 625

PETER O. MATTEI, Appellant, v. AMELIA F. HOPPER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay R. Martin and William F. Sharon for Appellant.

Carlson, Collins, Gordon & Bold, George R. Gordon, John L. Garaventa and Dean Ormsby for Respondent.


SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff brought this action for damages after defendant allegedly breached a contract by failing to convey her real property in accordance with the terms of a deposit receipt which the parties had executed. After a trial without a jury, the court concluded that the agreement was "illusory" and lacking in "mutuality." From the judgment accordingly entered in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff was a real estate developer. He was planning...

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