Brunn v. Murphy
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The property was assessed for the fiscal year ending June 30th, A. D. 1862, at four thousand dollars, “ to Murphy and Dooley, and to all owners and claimants, known or unknown, and to all owners and claimants of any interest, present or future, therein, or any lien upon the same.”
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Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The property was assessed for the fiscal year ending June 30th, A. D. 1862, at four thousand dollars, “ to Murphy and Dooley, and to all owners and claimants, known or unknown, and to all owners and claimants of any interest, present or future, therein, or any lien upon the same.” The assessment described the lot assessed as “ commencing on the southwesterly corner of Herman and Mission streets ; thence westerly on Herman street three hundred and eighty feet; thence ■ southerly, parallel with Valencia…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J.
This is an action to recover a tract of land in San Francisco. The plaintiff offered in evidence a tax deed executed upon a sale made for taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1861. Objection was made to its introduction on the ground that it was defective in numerous specified particulars required by the statute to be stated in a tax deed, and on other grounds. The objection was sustained, and the deed excluded. The plaintiff having no other title, judgment was rendered against him. A motion for new trial having been made, and denied, plaintiff appeals from the…
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