In Re Mercereau

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court setting aside and vacating a default judgment obtained after publication of summons.

The proceedings herein were instituted by petitioners, Walter Leo Whitesell and Carol Georgia Whitesell, under the provisions of the Land Title Law adopted by the initiative method at the general election of November 3, 1914. The petition was filed on December 20, 1928. In it petitioners alleged that they were owners in fee simple, as joint tenants of certain described land, and that William C. LaBerge, whose address was unknown to them, claimed some right,…