Nagle v. Macy
California Supreme Court
. Appeal' from, the ¡District Court of the Twelfth, judicial-J)istript, Qourity of-San Fran Cisco. '' . ■ G This is an action of ejectment) to, recpver a lot situated in the-., city'of'San Francisco. It appears, from the record, that, if had-; deus' M. IjéaVenworth occupied the premises from some "time in ; 1849 until March, 1850, when he conveyed theny to;Mitchell.
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. Appeal' from, the ¡District Court of the Twelfth, judicial-J)istript, Qourity of-San Fran Cisco. '' . ■ G This is an action of ejectment) to, recpver a lot situated in the-., city'of'San Francisco. It appears, from the record, that, if had-; deus' M. IjéaVenworth occupied the premises from some "time in ; 1849 until March, 1850, when he conveyed theny to;Mitchell. Li September, of the same; year, Mitchell conveyed them--.to;, "ffiagjit, wtio^ in ¡Epyéniber following, conveyed, them to Evansy On.'tne receipt óf"his eoriye.yañcé,. Evans executed a mortgage to/ - Leavenwórtn¡, as'security .for…
1Opinion of the Court
Field, J., after-stating thé facts, delivered the opinion of the Court—Burnett, J., concurring.
It is the settled doctrine of the law, repeatedly affirmed by thiÉ Court, that the prior- possession of the plaintiff, or parties through whom he: claims, is sufficient evidence of title to-support the action of ejectment. (Hutchinson v. Perley, 4 Cal., 33; Winans v. Christy, ib., 70; Plume v. Seeward, ib., 94.) - This doctrine is not denied by the appellant, but the point of his objection is that the title of which the prior possession is evidence, passed from Leavenworth by his conveyance to…
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