Patchett v. Pac. Coast Ry. Co.

Belcher, C.

This action was instituted in November, 1892, by John A. Patchett and his four children to have their title quieted to a tract of land in San Luis Obispo county. The defendant corporation by its answer alleged title in itself to a strip sixty feet wide across the said tract, and pleaded in bar of the action the statute of limitations. The court below gave judgment against the defendant, from which it has appealed on the judgment-roll.

The facts found are in substance as follows: The plaintiff, John A. Patchett, and one Amanda Patchett, were husband and wife, and on December 9, 1880,…