Bryan v. Grosse

In 1894 Mrs. M. J. Turner and Abbott Kinney entered into an agreement whereby certain reciprocal easements were sought to be created with reference to their adjoining parcels of land in the city of Los Angeles. Appellant Bryan and respondent Grosse became possessed, through mesne conveyances, of the respective interests of Mrs. Turner and Kinney, Grosse’s title being subject, however, to a thirty-year leasehold interest of the other respondent, the Development Building Company.

A complaint was filed by Bryan in which he asked to have his title quieted to the property formerly owned by Mrs.…