Slauson

Southern California Railroad v. Slauson

Good Law
1902 Cal. LEXIS 890·6 Cal. Unrep. 874·68 P. 107
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMarch 7, 1902L. A. No. 916California1,151 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

McFarland, J.

This is an action to quiet title. It is averred in the first count of the complaint that plaintiff is the owner and in possession of a described strip of land between thirty and forty feet Mide and about thirteen hundred feet in length, and that defendant claims some title or interest therein which is without right; and the prayer is that it be decreed that plaintiff is the owner in fee simple of said land, and that its title thereto be quieted as against defendant. In a second count it is averred that for more than five years plaintiff and its predecessors in interest have been in the exclusive possession of a right of way over said land for the use and purpose of operating a railroad over the same, claiming to be the owner of said right of way adversely to any right, title, claim, etc., of defendant; and the prayer in this count is that the plaintiff’s title to such right of way be quieted, etc., as against defendant. Thq judgment of the court below was in favor of defendant, and plaintiff appeals from an order denying its motion for a new trial. It also attempted to appeal from the judgment, but, as the notice of such appeal was not within the statutory time, the appeal from…

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