Bryan

Bryan v. Prescott

Good Law
1922 Cal. App. LEXIS 430·57 Cal. App. 779·207 P. 1028
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 24, 1922Civ. No. 3833.California2,146 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Conrey, J.

Action to quiet title to a lot described in the complaint. The premises are also referred to as 2130 Vallejo Street, in the city of Los Angeles. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered against him.

In the year 1904 the lot was conveyed by one Palmer to Ruhamah Young and her daughter Emma Brown as tenants in common, the consideration therefor being paid by Mrs. Young. At some time between the date of that deed and the year 1910 Mrs. Young married the plaintiff T. P. Bryan. In the year 1911 Emma Brown died, and it is conceded that whatever interest she had in the property passed to her husband, Woods G-. Brown. On the thirteenth day of May, 1913, Ruhamah Bryan died. At the trial of this action it was stipulated that Mrs. Bryan loft a will under which any interest that she had in this prop erty at the time of her death passed to the defendant Elizabeth J. Prescott. On the fifteenth day of January, 1912, Mrs. Bryan signed and acknowledged a deed purporting to convey the lot to the plaintiff, and he caused the same to be recorded. According to his testimony, the deed was delivered to him by his wife. Mr. .and Mrs. Bryan were living on the premises at that time and until her…

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