Tomity Corp. v. Sovkueff

Appellant and respondents own contiguous parcels of commercial property fronting on Blackstone Avenue in the City of Fresno, respondents’ parcel bordering appellant’s property on the south. In 1908 Garabed Oroian and his wife acquired the entire property in a single 20-acre parcel described as the northwest quarter of Lot 8 of Wolters Colony. The 20-aere parcel was bordered on the west by Blackstone Avenue and on the north by Shaw Avenue, title extending to the center of both roadways. In 1910 the Oroians deeded the south half of their property to respondents’ predecessors. Oroians retained…