Schenk v. Evoy
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, County of Contra Costa. The complaint averred that on and after the first day of January, 1860, the plaintiffs were lawfully seized and possessed and liad the right to the possession of a certain tract of land, consisting of about one thousand acres, situate and lying in said County of Contra Costa, and being particularly described as follows, to wit: All that certain piece of land, situate, lying, and being in the…
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Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, County of Contra Costa. The complaint averred that on and after the first day of January, 1860, the plaintiffs were lawfully seized and possessed and liad the right to the possession of a certain tract of land, consisting of about one thousand acres, situate and lying in said County of Contra Costa, and being particularly described as follows, to wit: All that certain piece of land, situate, lying, and being in the County of Contra Costa, and being part of the rancho known as the “ Sobrante,” on the western side of San Pablo Creek, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.
*109Appeal from judgment in ejectment, and from order overruling motion for new trial.
Among other questions presented by the record, we are required to determine the legal effect of a deed executed by Frisbie and De Zaldo to Adolphus Germon, March 13th, 1856. Through sundry mesne conveyances, all the rights of Germon acquired by this deed passed to and became vested in Augustus Schenk, one of the appellants, on the 11th day of November, 1857. The following description of the premises conveyed is found in all of the deeds referred to :
“ Have granted, bargained, and sold,…
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