Hunt

Hunt v. Lawton

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1926 Cal. App. LEXIS 487·76 Cal. App. 655·245 P. 803
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 27, 1926Docket No. 5267.California5,079 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Langdon, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendants in an action to quiet title to certain real property in Los Angeles County, California.

The facts are undisputed, the evidence consisting mainly of recorded documents in the chain of title to the property, from which it appears: That on June 12, 1897, Gerhardt H. Kallmeyer, being the owner of the real property in controversy, executed a deed to his wife, Sarah Jane Kallmeyer, one of the defendants herein, conveying the same to her and her successor or successors “to have and to hold all and singular the said premises, together with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part, in trust, to farm or let the said land and out of the income derived therefrom to pay all taxes and assessments of every kind and nature and all expenses and other charges which in the judgment of the said party of the second part may be proper or necessary in the care of the said lands, and to pay the residue of the income derived from the said lands to Emily Lawton, the daughter of the grantor and grantee herein, for and during the term of the natural life of the grantee herein, and upon the death of the grantee herein, then the said…

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