Home Real Estate Co. v. the L.A. Pac. Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. J. W. McKinley, Gurney E. Newlin, Roy Y. Reppy, and Allen W. Ashburn, Jr., for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
This action was brought to recover possession of a strip of land thirty feet in width, located in the county of Los Angeles. That plaintiffs are the beneficial owners of a fee in the property is not disputed. The claim of the appellant, The Los Angeles Pacific Company, is that it holds and is entitled to retain possession of the strip as a right of way for railroad purposes.
It appears that on March 9, 1887, a number of persons- (including Emanuel Peltier, the then owner of the premises, and the predecessor in interest of the plaintiffs), as parties of the first part, entered into an agreement…
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