Holson

Albert B. Holson brought this action against John N. Butler and Rebecca J. Butler, husband and wife, to quiet title to lot 131 of Holson Heights, in the city of Los Angeles. The defendant answered, denying that plaintiff possesses any title to the easterly 25 feet of the lot. The defendant Rebecca J. Butler filed a cross-complaint, wherein she alleged that she purchased from the plaintiff and his wife, Nellie Holson, whom she made a cross-defendant, all of lot 130 of Holson Heights and the easterly 25 feet of the lot in controversy, i. e., the easterly 25 feet of lot 131, but claimed that, by reason of fraud on the part of her vendors, the deed to her incorrectly described the property in that it failed to mention the easterly 25 feet of lot 131. Wherefore she prayed that the deed to her be reformed so as to include that property in the description of the land conveyed to her, and that her title thereto be quieted. The trial court found that plaintiff and his wife sold to cross-complainant all of lot 130 and the easterly 20.20 feet of lot 131, and that, through fraud on the part of the vendors, the deed, while duly conveying lot 130, omitted to mention the easterly 20.20 feet of…