Westover

Westover v. Stanley

Good Law
1928 Cal. App. LEXIS 724·93 Cal. App. 113·269 P. 475
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 6, 1928Docket No. 3499.California751 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Jamison, J.

This action was brought by plaintiff, respondent-appellant, under the provisions of an Act to provide for the Establishment and Quieting Title to Real Property in Case of Loss or Destruction of the Public Records, approved June 16, 1906, and commonly known as the McEnerney Act. (Stats. 1906 [Ex. Sess.], p. 78.)

The plaintiff will be hereinafter referred to as Westover and the defendants as the Stanleys.

Judgment went in this action for the Stanleys that they were the owners of the real property described therein subject to lien thereon in favor of Westover for taxes and assessments paid by Westover, that were assessed against the said real property during the years of 1919 to 1924, inclusive, amounting to $1,832.39, and the sum of $3,424.85 paid by Westover for taxes, sewer assessments, and Twin Peak Tunnel assessments on said property up to May 14, 1917.

The Stanleys appeal from the portion of the judgment which awards Westover the $3,424.85 and Westover appeals from that portion of the judgment that decrees title to said property to be in the Stanleys and from that portion of the judgment that fails to allow him additional amounts for taxes and assessments paid out by him on…

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