Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara v. Ames

This is an appeal by defendants from a summary judgment in a quiet title action involving a parcel of property in the city of Santa Barbara.

The complaint contained two causes of action, the first in the usual form of quiet title and the second in damages for trespass. Defendants’ answer denied the material allegations of the complaint, and as affirmative defenses asserted ownership in the land by a 1947 deed from one Melendez and ownership by adverse possession since 1929 through themselves and their predecessors in interest. Plaintiff thereafter filed a motion for summary judgment based on…