Stockwell
Stockwell v. McAlvay
Opinion
lead Opinion
Conrey, J.
B. C. Stockwell is the wife of V. E. Stockwell. In this action B. C. Stockwell, as plaintiff, filed her complaint against defendant B. D. McAlvay to quiet the title of the plaintiff in and to a certain parcel of land in the city of Los Angeles. She alleged that McAlvay claims some interest in said property by virtue of an execution levied thereon for the enforcement of a certain judgment against Y. E. Stockwell; that the defendant Traeger, sheriff of Los Angeles County, having levied upon said real property under said execution, had advertised the property for sale, and, unless restrained by order of court, would sell said property as the property of V. E. Stockwell, judgment debtor. Plaintiff prayed that her title be quieted against defendants, and that the sheriff be enjoined from proceeding further with said execution sale.
The defendants McAlvay and Traeger by answer alleged that said real property was, at all the times mentioned in the complaint, as well as at the time of the answer, the property of said Y. E. Stockwell, and further set up facts showing an existing judgment, an execution levy made against said real property, and that the judgment, execution and levy…