Podd

Podd v. Anderson

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1963 Cal. App. LEXIS 2545·215 Cal. App. 2d 660·30 Cal. Rptr. 345
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 2, 1963Civ. No. 10500California1,167 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Schottky, J.

Rowena Anderson appeals from a judgment quieting title to certain real property located in Yolo County in Alice Snavely.

The property was originally owned by Charles Taylor Bid-well and distributed in his estate to his wife, Florence Swain Bidwell, the mother of respondent Alice Snavely and the grandmother of appellant Rowena Anderson. The property involved is located in the northwest quarter of section 22, township 9 north, range 1 west, Mount Diablo base and meridian, but in the probate proceedings of the estate of Charles Taylor Bidwell it was erroneously described as the southwest quarter of section 22.

*662 In 1933 Florence Swain Bidwell conveyed approximately 40 acres in the northwest part of the northwest quarter of section 22 to George and Cora Rockwell.

Thereafter, in 1933 Florence Swain Bidwell executed a deed in which her daughter Alice Suavely was the grantee. This deed described the property as follows:

The error occurred because the attorney who drew the deed and who acknowledged Mrs. Bidwell’s signature used as his guide the decree of distribution in the estate of Charles Taylor Bidwell in which the error was set forth. This deed was recorded in 1934 at the…

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