Pryor v. Downey
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Seventeenth Judicial District, County of Los Angeles. Ejectment to recover an undivided one-half of a small tract of land in the city of Los Angeles, commenced November 14, 1870. Nathaniel Pryor, a resident of Los Angeles, died on the 10th day of May, 1850, seized in fee of the demanded premises, along with other lands in Los Angeles, and also leaving personal property.
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Appeal from the District Court, Seventeenth Judicial District, County of Los Angeles. Ejectment to recover an undivided one-half of a small tract of land in the city of Los Angeles, commenced November 14, 1870. Nathaniel Pryor, a resident of Los Angeles, died on the 10th day of May, 1850, seized in fee of the demanded premises, along with other lands in Los Angeles, and also leaving personal property. He left, surviving him, a wife, Paula Homero, and two sons, Paul and the plaintiff Nathaniel. The plaintiff was born in September, 1848. By the will, the testator devised to the plaintiff an…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, McKinstry, J.:
The act of April 2, 1866, reads as follows: “In all cases where real estate has been sold in this State, under the order of the probate courts of the several counties, to purchasers in good faith, and for a valuable consideration, and defects of form, or omissions, or errors exist in any of the proceedings, such sales are hereby ratified, confirmed and made valid, and sufficient in laiu to transfer the title of the property sold; provided, however, that this act shall not affect, in any manner, rights acquired prior to its passage *398by vendees, grantees or…
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