Stewart

This is an appeal from a decree adjudging plaintiff to be the owner of certain real property in Monterey County and quieting her title against the claims of defendants.

It is conceded that on and for a long time prior to June 24, 1912, Mary A. Wagner was the owner in fee simple and in the exclusive possession of lot 10 and the northerly one-half of lot 12, in block 132, of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County; also that she died on June 14, 1924, and that the defendant Anna S. Fisher is, and was at the time of the trial of the action, the duly appointed, qualified, and acting administratrix of the estate of Mary A. Wagner, deceased. It is also conceded that on and for a long time prior to June 24, 1912, the defendant Nettie E. Wagner was the owner in fee simple and in the possession of the southerly one-half of lot 12, block 132, Carmel-by-the-Sea. It is further conceded that the title and right of possession, which the plaintiff claims in and to the lands and premises involved in the action, is based upon a certain tax deed dated July 16, 1917, from J. E. Hunter, tax collector of Monterey County, to the state of California, recorded July 18, 1917, in volume 13 of tax deeds, page…