In Re Cox

On February 28, 1921, James Wilson Cox and others, including Elias Munz and Gertrude Leah Munz, his wife, filed a petition with the clerk of the superior court of Los Angeles County for registration of the title to their lands under the provisions of the so-called land title law of November 3, 1914 (Stats. 1915, p. 1932). After a reference and hearing thereon the court made certain findings, including the following: That Elias Munz and Gertrude Leah Munz claim to own the property involved as their community property; that said land is not subject to homestead, nor to any other encumbrances, but is improved and was assessed for the purposes of county taxation at the sum of $60; that no other person, firm, or corporation has any claim in or to any part of said land; that by virtue of a sale to the state of California in 1897 for the delinquent taxes due to the county of Los Angeles for the year 1896 the said state held a lien on said land; that there was no redemption, and in 1910 the said state of California made a tax deed of said land to O. F. Goodrich; that if the said tax deed carried title in fee, it then passed by mesne successive conveyance to Elias Munz by deed bearing date…