Gwynn

This is an action to quiet title. The plaintiff’s title to the locus in quo is derived as follows: 1. A grant, no consideration being named, from W. B. Taylor, who was at the time the owner of the land, to Cornelia S. Gwynn, November 5, 1880; 2. Deed, grant, bargain, and sale in form, expressing a consideration of three hundred and fifty dollars, from Cornelia S. Gwynn to R. W. Bessinger, June 4, 1887; 3. Deed from R. W. Bessinger to plaintiff, December, 1887; 4. Deed from plaintiff to C. S. Gwynn, consideration love and affection, dated September 6,1888; 5. Deed from C. S. Gwynn to plaintiff, February 21, 1889; 6. Deed from William Gwynn, Sr., father of plaintiff, to the plaintiff, expressing consideration of five hundred dollars, February 20,1889; 7. Deed from William Gwynn, Sr., to plaintiff, November 20, 1889.

The defendant claims title under a certificate of sale by the sheriff of Yolo county, dated April 18,1891. The sale was made pursuant to a decree rendered against Cornelia S. Gwynn, June 11, 1888, in an action brought to foreclose the lien of a delinquent swamp-land assessment upon the land in controversy. At the time of the conveyance by Taylor to Cornelia S. Gwynn,…