Beach v. Faust

This controversy involves a one-third interest in a vacant tract of land in Kings County near the Kettleman Oil Field. This interest originally stood of record in the name of B. W. Marks. While the interest in the property stood of record in Marks’ name, he filed a petition in bankruptcy, and was adjudicated a bankrupt by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, which includes Kings County. The order of adjudication was made January 29, 1929. No certified copy of the decree of adjudication of bankruptcy was filed in Kings County, as required by the Bankruptcy…