Rosenthal

Rosenthal and wife brought this action to quiet their title to lot 7 in block 147 in the city of Merced. The complaint was in the usual form. Defendant answered, and, in addition to denials, alleged that since July 20, 1893, it has been the owner in fee *200 simple of said premises, “ on which said last-mentioned date the said plaintiffs made, executed, acknowledged, and delivered to defendant their certain deed in writing, a copy of which said deed is hereto annexed, marked exhibit A, and hereby referred to and made a part hereof; and on the 11th of October, 1893, in an action then pending before the superior court of Merced county, between the same parties hereto, by the judgment of said court, duly given and made, it was adjudged and decreed that said deed transferred and conveyed said premises described in the complaint herein to defendant, and said judgment has never been reversed, annulled, or set aside, and the same is now a final judgment of said court.” Said exhibit A, attached to said answer, purports to be a copy of a deed signed by A. Rosenthal and Betsy Rosenthal, said signatures being followed by the words “ Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of Samuel C.…