Legal Opinion

MacFarland v. Walker

California Court of Appeal

Decided April 1, 1919No. Civ. No. 2714PublishedCited by 10 opinions

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtBrittain, J.

The plaintiff appeals on the judgment-roll alone after trial of a suit to quiet title to certain minerals or mineral rights, and the right to enter upon the defendants’ lands, there to dig, bore, and mine for the subterranean substances. He maintains the findings do not support the judgment, because he claims all the elements of adverse possession on the part of the defendants do not.appear, and because a certain instrument set forth in the findings was, as he urges, merely a release of mortgage and not a conveyance of the minerals and mining rights.

In 1869 the plaintiff’s testator, by an…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Murray v. AllredTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Kincaid v. McGowanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1887
  3. Faivre v. DaleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  4. McArthur v. GoodwinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Babb v. FosterSupreme Court of Colorado · 1898

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. City of Manhattan Beach v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
  2. City of Long Beach v. MarshallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Carlson v. LindauerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
  4. Moore v. HoarCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  5. Western Title Guaranty Co. v. Sacramento & San Joaquin Drainage DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965

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