Cimpher v. City of Oakland
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County. John Ellsworth, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant.
The controversy between the parties is over the title to the premises in the city of Oakland known as the Lake Merritt Boat House, being an area seventy-five feet square of the waters of Lake Merritt.
Plaintiffs claim title by prescription and also under a resolution of the city council of Oakland, adopted December 7, 1874, purporting to grant the right to use said space for a boat house, forever and exclusively, to Samuel Merritt. Plaintiffs have succeeded to whatever right or title Merritt obtained by the resolution.
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