Reed

Plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Otto N. Sehr, deceased, sued to quiet title to a parcel of real property located in San Diego County claimed by the defendant as the administrator of the estate of Anna Sehr, deceased. The defendant answered, claiming title through a deed executed by Otto N. Sehr on June 7, 1916. A trial was had before the court resulting in judgment for the plaintiff as prayed, from which the defendant has appealed on the judgment-roll and a bill of exceptions.

Johann Sehr and Anna Sehr, husband and wife, came from Austria and settled upon a ranch in San Diego County in 1883. At that time, having no children, they took to their home Guy Northfield, who was then about three years of age, for the purpose of raising him as their own child. About twenty years later Johann Sehr passed away and his wife and this boy, who had been given the name of Otto Sehr, continued to live upon the ranch, where they were very successful from a financial standpoint. In September, 1914, Otto Sehr purchased a tract of land adjoining that occupied by Mrs. Sehr and himself consisting of about eleven hundred acres—the property here in suit. This purchase was effected by funds…