Faus v. Nelson

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment in an action to quiet title to a strip of land about 80 feet in width and about 2.938 acres in area. The land in question is an abandoned right-of-way of the Pacific Electric Railway Company (“Pacific Electric”). Plaintiff’s title derives from a deed dated February 18, 1955, from Glendora Land Company. Plaintiff’s grantor was the original subdivider of the tract through which the right-of-way ran. Defendants trace their title to individual grantees of lots in the tract which border the right-of-way.

The tract map in question was filed and recorded by…