Quimby

Montgomery & Mullen Lumber Co. v. Quimby

Good Law
164 Cal. 250·1912 Cal. LEXIS 335·128 P. 402
Supreme Court of CaliforniaNovember 29, 1912L.A. No. 2999.California1,502 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Shaw, J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a new trial.

This, action was begun on June 12, 1906. The complaint states, in the usual form, a cause of action to quiet title to a town lot. The defendant answered on March 1,1910. Thereupon leave was granted by the court to the plaintiff to file a supplemental complaint, and on March 11, 1910, such supplemental complaint was filed. It alleged that ever since the, nineteenth day of November, 1903, it had been in the open, exclusive, and uninterrupted adverse possession of the lot, claiming title and right of possession against defendant and all others, and had paid all taxes assessed thereon, its claim being founded on a deed from C. R. Davis and wife executed on November 18, 1903, purporting to convey said lot to the plaintiff. Issue was joined on these allegations. The court found that the plaintiff was, and had been ever' since November 20, 1908, which was five years after its alleged adverse possession began, the owner in fee of the lot, that defendant had no right or title thereto, and had had none since the last mentioned date, and that the facts alleged in the supplemental complaint were true.

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