Legal Opinion
Walton v. City of Red Bluff
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 1991No. C007759PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CARR, J.
In 1908 and 1916 respectively, Mrs. Elizabeth Kraft and her son, Edward Kraft, granted to the City of Red Bluff certain properties to be used as a library. In 1986, the books were removed from the library building. Herbert Kraft Walton, a descendant and heir of the donors, filed suit seeking reconveyance of the property to him pursuant to the original grants which provided for reversion to the grantors or their heirs if the property ceased to be used for library purposes.
Red Bluff cross-complained, contending it owned the land free of any use restrictions. The trial court mled…
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