In Re Application of Seick
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County directing the entry of a memorial under the land title law. John M. York, Judge. Reversed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFinlayson, P. J.
Prior to June 27, 1917, Xenophon Bouris was, and is, the “registered owner” of a lot in Los Angeles County, registered under the land title law, an initiative measure adopted by the people at the election of November 3, 1915 (Stats. 1915, p. 1932), whereby a system for the registration of land titles is provided. This law is of the class commonly known as Torrens laws, the designation being taken from the name of Sir Robert Torrens, by whom the first Torrens law, enacted in South Australia in 1858, was drawn. On June 27, 1917, the county tax collector sold the lot in question to the state by…
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