Hannon v. Southern Pac. R. R. Co.

THE COURT.

The question of law involved on this appeal was submitted to the trial court upon stipulation, and Justice Lucien Shaw, now of the supreme court, then on the superior bench, in deciding the case, wrote an opinion which is quoted in the brief of respondents. It is as follows:

“This is an action to recover the possession of the undivided two-thirds of a tract of real estate. The land in ques tion was the separate property of Patrick Hannon, the father of the plaintiffs, at the time of his marriage to Catherine Hannon, the mother of plaintiffs, on June 8, 1874. On June 19, 1874,…