Miller v. Jansen

— The plaintiff, as executor of the last will and testament of Meta Rasmussen, deceased, sued to quiet title to real property situated in Humboldt County. The defendant, Robert N. Jansen, appealed from an adverse judgment.

Ownership in the plaintiff was not questioned unless the defendant could successfully claim title through an unrecorded deed found in the possession of the plaintiff’s testate at the time of her death. The defendant’s claim depended on whether there had been delivery of the deed by the decedent.

Meta Rasmussen died on January 22, 1939. In her safe deposit box, over which she…