California Court of Appeal

Baxter v. Peterson, B188676

In a dispute over an oral agreement to lease a house for two years, for tenant to renovate the house at his own expense, and for tenant to have the option to buy the house, judgment for plaintiff-tenant on landlord's refusal to sell the house is reversed to the extent the trial court erroneously instructed the jury on both liability and damages issues.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/08/2007
• Published 05/08/2007

Judges

• MOSK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Wong & Mak, Fred Wong, Alhambra;  Benedon & Serlin, Gerald M. Serlin and Douglas G. Benedon, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant., Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt, Robert H. McNeill, Jr., Los Angeles, and John C. Fauvre, for Plaintiff and Respondent.