De Levillain v. Evans

This is an action in the usual form, by the hems at law of Francis Soto, deceased, to recover a lot in San Francisco, and the answer contains a general denial, coupled with an averment of title in the defendants. The plaintiff’s claim of title is founded on a deed of gift from John Evans (then the owner of the property) to Francis Soto, made in December, 1849, and recorded on the day of its date in the office of the Alcalde. At the time of the execution of the deed, Soto, the grantee, was a minor, twelve or fifteen years of age, residing with his father in a tent on an adjoining lot. *122In 1851…