McCowen v. Pew
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of , Mendocino County. J. Q. White, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The plaintiffs commenced this action for the purpose of securing a decree quieting their title to certain lands described in the complaint and declaring void and oE no effect a certain written instrument out of which grows the claim by the defendant of an interest in or right to acquire title to the property so described.
To the complaint the defendant filed an answer, wherein he sets forth and reveals the nature of his interest in said property, alleging that it grows out of and is based upon a certain agreement of option between the plaintiffs and the defendant, whereby the owners tendered…
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