Elbert, Ltd. v. McKenna

This is an action to quiet title. Some 20 years prior to any of the proceedings hereafter mentioned Catherine A. McKenna and J. Irving McKenna acquired title by deed to Lots 8 and 9, Block B of the Cambridge Tract as per map recorded in book 9, page 188, records of Los Angeles County. They have been in possession and have paid taxes on the property since that time. Plaintiff claims title by virtue of two deeds of the city treasurer of Los Angeles, dated August 23, 1949. One deed conveyed Lot 8 to Elbert, Ltd., and recited that the property had been sold to Frank R. Sipe for $1,507.24 to…