Smith v. Golden State Syndicate

This is an action to quiet title to certain real property in the city of Los Angeles. E. C. Laux, the respondent, filed a complaint in intervention, claiming to be the owner of a portion of the land described in plaintiff's complaint. The action was tried and judgment given upon the complaint in intervention of E. C. Laux and the answer thereto of J. H. Smith. The complaint in intervention was in form a suit to quiet title and alleged that the intervener was the owner in fee of the real property therein described. The answer was a denial of the title of the intervener. The court found that…