Penry

Penry v. Richards

Good Law
52 Cal. 672
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJuly 1, 1878No. 5688California378 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

relied chiefly upon G’Farril v. Harney, 51 Cal. 125 .

*675 W- G. Stratton, for Respondent, argued that as the deed referred to the map and not the survey, the map should control, and the monuments, which were not mentioned in the deed, could not be considered.

The deed from the Town of Santa Barbara to Carillo—from whom plaintiff deraigns—described the premises conveyed as a piece of land, within the limits of the town, “ known and described on the official map of said town as Block Mo. 6, and containing one hundred and fifty square yards.” It was competent by parol evidence to identify the map referred to, and when identified, it was the duty of the Court to treat it as constituting a portion of the deed. The map made by Wackenreuder had already been declared by ordinance of the city to be the “ official map,” and even if another map had been referred to as the official map in conveyances made by the town previous to that declaration, there can be no doubt that, in deeds made after the passage of the ordinance, the words referred to the map declared to be official by the ordinance.

The Wackenreuder map having been identified as the map. referred to, that map is found to be…

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