Brown

Plaintiffs commenced this action to quiet title to certain real property, basing their claim of title on a tax deed issued by the tax collector of Los Angeles County. Defendant and appellant William Jones by cross-complaint sought to have his own title quieted. The trial court found in favor of Jones, and also found that plaintiffs had expended the sum of $302.08 in paying the taxes, assessments, penalties and other costs. Under the heading “Conclusions of Law” there appears this language: “That the defendant William Jones is entitled to a judgment quieting the title in and to said real property as against the plaintiffs and each of them, upon his paying to the plaintiffs the sum expended by the plaintiffs in pursuit of the state’s title to said prop erty.” In the judgment, which was filed on February 23, 1933, after adjudging that Ihe title of Jones be quieted, the trial court inserted the following: “It is further ordered and decreed, however, that, the foregoing provisions of this decree shall not become effective unless and until the said defendant William Jones shall have paid to the plaintiffs herein the sum of $302.08, said sum being the full amount of taxes,” etc.

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