Landregan

— This action is brought to quiet title to a certain piece of land in Plumas County. The court below rendered judgment as prayed for, from which, and an order refusing a new trial, the defendant takes this appeal. From the record it appears that in the year 1881 William Minto obtained the land by deed of conveyance from one Ward; that Minto afterwards, in January, 1886, made a deed of it to certain parties, which conveyance was not placed upon record until September, 1886. Through mesne conveyances from these parties the plaintiff claimed title. Since about March, 1887, the defendant has been in possession of the property in dispute. The state and county taxes on it for the year 1886 were assessed to William Minto & Co. The taxes *124 becoming delinquent, the property was sold in February, 1887, to satisfy the same. At that sale one Hall became the purchaser, and he assigned his certificate of purchase to the defendant. In August, 1888, the latter obtained a deed to the premises from the tax collecter, through which the defendant claims to be the owner of the land. Upon the validity of this tax deed to pass title to the land, this controversy depends.

It does not satisfactorily…