Stewart

Stewart v. Powers

Good Law
1893 Cal. LEXIS 1025·4 Cal. Unrep. 33·33 P. 489
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJune 9, 1893No. 15,217California295 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Haynes, J.

In Stewart v. Powers (No. 14,956, this day filed), 98 Cal. 514 , 33 Pac. 486 , the appeal was from the same judgment-roll from which the above-named appellants have taken this appeal.

*34 As to appellants Sarah E. Sharp and Aurelius Sharp, the facts and the questions of law presented are precisely the same as in No. 14,956, and, upon the authority of that ease, the judgment should be affirmed as against them.

As to appellant JohnHIarding, a fact not appearing in No. 14,956 is necessary to be stated, .viz., that on December 31, 1888, Sarah E. Sharp, the above-named appellant, after she had entered and paid for the land, and had received her certificate of purchase therefor, conveyed to said John Harding a part of the premises so mortgaged, to wit, the south half of the northwest quarter of section 26, township 2 north, range 3 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian. All other facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion in No. 14,956. It must be apparent that if the title acquired from the United States after the mortgage was executed inured to the benefit of the mortgagee, as was there decided, it must follow that it inured at the moment the title was acquired by the preemptioner,…

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