Gallo

Plaintiff brought this action to quiet her title to the northeast quarter of a certain section of land situated in Tulare County, and obtained judgment -as prayed for. The defendant appeals.

On the trial the plaintiff introduced as evidence of her title to the quarter-section a patent from the United States to her husband, Giacomo Gallo, dated August 9, 1897, and a deed from the latter to her, of August 12, 1911, conveying the land.

The defendant (who' is a brother of said Giacomo Gallo) as a defense alleged that he had obtained title to the land by adverse possession, and made no other claim-.

Upon this appeal the defendant insists that the findings of the court to the effect that he had not acquired title by adverse possession are not sustained by the evidence, and this is the only question presented.

The record shows that, at about the time plaintiff’s grantor obtained his patent for the northeast quarter of the section, the defendant obtained a patent for the northwest quarter of the same section. Evidently the land was considered of little value -at the time. Neither brother lived nor resided upon the land covered by his patent for any long period after obtaining it, and…