Lewis

This is an action to quiet title to certain real property, consisting of a lot and improvements, situated at Camp Meeker, in Sonoma County.

The suit was originally brought by one Clara Cook, daughter of George L. Lewis, the respondent, but the latter, for reasons which will subsequently be made to appear, was substituted as plaintiff in the place of said Clara Cook.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is, and for a long time prior to the institution of this action has been, in possession of the premises described therein and “claims title in fee to the said premises, and that said defendants claim an estate or interest therein adverse to the plaintiff; that the claim of said defendants is without any right whatever and that said defendants have no estate, right, title or interest whatever in said lands and premises, or any part thereof.”

The answer of the defendant, May Brown, denies that the plaintiff “is now, or ever has been the owner, or in the possession of the land and premises described in the complaint,” and admits that the defendant, May Brown, claims an estate and interest in said property. The answer further avers that the plaintiff, George L. Lewis, on the…