Anderson

Plaintiff commenced the action against John Anderson and a number o* others to quiet its title to a tract of land in Placer County, containing about fifty-four acres. As to all of the defendants except Bliss and Ferris the action was either dismissed by plaintiff or default was taken against them for failure to appear. The decree of the court was in favor of plaintiff for all the land mentioned in the complaint, except that defendant Bliss was found to be the owner of a parcel thereof amounting to about one-fifth of an acre and defendant Ferris of a parcel thereof amounting to about seven-eighths of an acre.

It is stated in appellant’s brief: “During the pendency of the action, the rights of the plaintiff were acquired by the United States of America, and this appeal is now prosecuted by the government.”

The land in controversy is situated on Lake Tahoe and along the bank of the Truckee River near its source, which, .throughout the record and in the briefs is spoken of as the “mouth of the Truckee River.”

Each of the defendants, Bliss and Ferris, claimed title by adverse- possession. The findings of the court were in their favor, and it was also found that the action against…