Quinn
Quinn v. Mathiassen
Opinion
Opinion
Seawell, J.
This action was commenced by plaintiff in the Superior Court of the County of Alameda, to recover from defendant Selma J. Mathiassen, trust creator, possession of the real property herein described, which was bid in by plaintiff at a sale had under a trust deed, the title to which was perfected in his name. J. Johnson intervened, claiming ownership and the right of possession, as the grantee of trust creator Mathiassen.
Section 1161a of the Code of Civil Procedure provides that where “property has been duly sold in accordance with section 2924 of the Civil Code, under a power of sale contained in a deed of trust executed by him [creator of trust holding over] or a person under whom he claims, and the title under the sale has been duly perfected”, the purchaser thereof may remove such person who holds over and continues in possession after a three-day written notice to quit the same shall have been served upon him, and after like service upon subtenant if there be one, as prescribed in section 1162 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
The pertinent portions of the above-cited code section constitute the basis of the judgment from which the appeal herein is taken by defendant Selma J.…