Currier

This is an action to recover possession of a certain lot in San Francisco, which is described in the complaint as “ commencing at a point in the northwesterly line of Harrison Street, distant one hundred and twenty-five feet northeasterly from the northerly corner of Harrison and Fourth streets, and running thence northeasterly along said northeasterly line of Harrison Street twenty-five feet,” and extending back from said street a distance *507 of seventy-five feet. The court below gave judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.

It appears from the record that one Jones was, on September 17, 1879, the owner and in possession of the lot in controversy, and both the plaintiff and defendant Schmalzlen claim to have succeeded to this title. The defendant Schmalzlen claims under a deed executed by Jones on September 17, 1879, and in which the lot conveyed is described as “ commencing at a point on the northwesterly line of Harrison Street distant one hundred and twenty-five feet north of the northeasterly line of Fourth Street, and running thence northeasterly along said northwesterly line of Harrison Street twenty-five feet,” and extending back from Harrison Street a…