Eaton

Eaton v. Jones

Good Law
107 Cal. 487·1895 Cal. LEXIS 780·40 P. 798
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJune 24, 1895No. 19516California1,238 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Searls, J.

This is an action to quiet the title of plaintiff to a parcel of land lying and being in the city of Los Angeles, bounded and described as follows:

Defendant answered, denying the title and possession of the plaintiff to the land or to any portion thereof, and set up title to the land in herself.

The cause was tried by the court without a jury, and written findings filed to the effect that plaintiff is not the owner of the land, and that defendant claims an interest therein adverse to the plaintiff, which claim is not without right.

Judgment was entered thereon accordingly. Plaintiff moved upon a statement for a new trial. Upon the argument and submission of the motion for a new trial the court made an order as follows: “The motion for a new trial is argued and submitted, and the court now orders that the motion for a new trial be granted, unless within ten days after plaintiff furnishes defendant with a description of the property, so as to include only the property to the fence as it now stands on the south boundary of defendant’s property, the defendant’s counsel to have the judgment given herein so modified as to make the line of said fence the south boundary of defendants.…

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