Huddleston v. Washington

CHIPMAN, C.

Plaintiff’s action was to recover from defendant Harriet Washington one half of the taxes paid by plaintiff on certain real property in the city of Los Angeles. Plaintiff had judgment, from which and from the order denying their motion for a new trial defendants appeal.

The court found the following facts: Defendants are husband and wife, and the husband is joined for that reason only; that plaintiff is the owner in fee of the south half of lot 3, block 7, Ord’s Addition, fronting sixty feet on Spring Street; defendant Harriet Washington owns a life estate in the north half of the…