Thaxter

Thaxter v. Inglis

Good Law
121 Cal. 593·1898 Cal. LEXIS 959·54 P. 86
Supreme Court of CaliforniaAugust 12, 1898L. A. No. 423California372 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Britt, J.

This action concerns the boundary between adjoining tracts of agricultural lands. The quantity of land in dispute seems to he less than the tenth part of an acre. Plaintiff derives title through one A. W. Thaxter, now deceased; defendants’ land was formerly the property of one John Willey. The court found in substance that in the year 1881 said A. W. Thaxter and John Willey, in order to determine a dispute and uncertainty between them respecting the common boundary of said lands, fixed and agreed by parol upon certain lines as and for such boundary, and that they and their successors in interest *594 thereafter claimed and occupied their respective tracts up to the lines as so established during a period of nearly fifteen years, and until a time shortly before the commencement of this action, when the plaintiff repudiated the same. Defendants abide by such agreed boundary, and judgment was in their favor.

On appeal, the plaintiff argues that the evidence did not justify said findings. The finding of a dispute between said former owners was perhaps scarcely sustained by the evidence, but it is immaterial; there was uncertainty as to the location of the boundary, and this was…

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