Seligman

Plaintiff had judgment in an action to quiet title to certain tracts of land lying and being in the county of Tulare; also to certain city lots in the town of Kingsburg, in the county of Fresno; and to an undivided one-half interest in a certain ten-acre tract in Springfield Colony, in the county of Fresno. From this judgment the defendant appeals.

The lands involved are described as the west half of the southwest quarter of section 8 in township 17 south of range twenty-three east, M. D. B. & M.; the northwest quarter of section 32, in township 17 south, range twenty-six east, M. D. B. & M.; an undivided one-half interest in lot four (4) in block thirty-five, of the city of Visalia; also, lots 9, 10, 23, 24, and 25 in block “C” of the city of Kingsburg, Fresno County; and an undivided interest in the ten-acre tract above mentioned.

All this property was owned by the plaintiff to the extent of his ownership therein at the time of his marriage with the defendant, and had been owned by the plaintiff for a number of years previous to said marriage. Plaintiff also owned an interest in a general merchandise business conducted in the town of Dinuba, in the county of Tulare. The…