Sweeney

In 1909, Arthur Marion Hill and Katherine Smith Hill were the owners of certain real property known as Lakeside Park, situated on the shores of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County. In 1909, a portion of the property was surveyed for the purpose of subdividing the property. A map of the survey was presented to the Board of Supervisors of El Dorado County for approval and filing in the public records of the county. The map was approved by the board of supervisors and filed in the county recorder’s office.

On May 15, 1910, the county courthouse was destroyed by fire and the records contained therein were destroyed, including the map of Lakeside Park. In 1912, another map, certified to be a full, complete and exact copy of the original, was made by the surveyor who made the original survey and was filed in the office of the county recorder to replace the destroyed map.

In November, 1956, appellant Lakeside Park Association filed a second amended petition for the purpose of having an alleged true and correct copy of the original map filed for record in place of the one destroyed. The action was brought pursuant to the provisions of section 1855b of the Code of Civil Procedure, which…