Madson

This is an action to quiet title to two lots in the residential district of Bakersfield, based upon a claim of adverse possession. The title to the property was not traced, so far as the record shows, except that it was acquired through a tax deed by Charles Cohn, now deceased, ° on July 24, 1918. On January 21, 1920, this plaintiff obtained a deed covering this property from the estate of S. M. Morrison. Subsequently the plaintiff paid off the balance of an assessment for putting in a sidewalk in front of the property, the first installment of which had been paid by Cohn. This action was brought on April 4, 1927, the amended complaint alleging that the plaintiff is and has been the owner and in the possession of the property, and “That said plaintiff for a period of over five years prior to filing of his complaint herein and had been in possession of said property herein continuously and paid all taxes, State Court (sic) and municipal, levied and assessed against said property and during all of said time had been, and ever since has been, and now is in adverse possession of said property, continuously since the day of-, and paid all taxes levied against said property, State,…