Court Opinion

ID: 9535526
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:50:30.038596+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:33:16.499608
License: Public Domain

YORK, P. J.
I dissent. I agree with the trial judge in that portion of his decision which sustained the general demurrer, but I believe that the conclusions stated in the complaint show that possibly the plaintiffs may be able to state a cause of action, and that they should be entitled to amend their complaint, if they are so advised.
My dissent is based upon the belief that it is not fair to the defendants to be forced to trial on the complaint as it now stands. The complaint apparently asks for a personal judgment against the executors as individuals and not as executors, and although it is true that in the caption of the complaint defendants are named as executors and as individuals, the prayer of the complaint is as follows:
“3. That said defendants be adjudged to account and to pay to the plaintiffs damages they have sustained in the event said contract cannot be specifically performed, to-wit: the sum of $3250.00.
“4. For costs of suit.
“5. For such other and further relief as to the court may seem just and proper in the premises.”
*387And the complaint does not ask for a judgment against the executors, as such, tote paid in due course of administration.
The actual facts as to any compliance with the terms of the contract are not fully stated. The complaint does not even state that any money was paid into the escrow, and the conclusion that the amount to be paid was equitable is offset by the direct allegation that the property is worth over $3,000 more than the amount to be paid under the contract. Just when this large increase in value over the contract price accrued is “left to the judicial knowledge of the court,” is the explanation in appellants’ brief.