Gaspard

This is an action to quiet title to a strip of land approximately 982 feet in length and 18 feet in width which extends along the top of a ridge that was subdivided into lots prior to 1911. The defendants are a few of a great number of owners of lots in the subdivision. The judgment declares that plaintiffs are not the owners or entitled to exclusive possession of the land, but that the same is, and for many years has been, a public road. Plaintiffs appeal.

The property is described as Lot E, Block 3, of Tract 1146, in the city of Los Angeles. A subdivision map of Tract 1146 was filed in the recorder’s office in 1911. It embraced only a part of a large tract that had previously been subdivided according to a recorded map. The lot lines of Tract 1146 conform to those shown on the earlier map. Tract 1146 contains 73 numbered lots. In addition to the numbered lots the map designated certain areas by letter, as Lots C, D and E. While only Lot E is here involved, the purpose and plan of the sub-dividers were expressed in the delineation of the areas, Lots C and D, as well as Lot E. It will assist in an understanding of the map to visualize Lots E and C as alleys reaching the rear…