Lee v. Silva

This action was instituted by the plaintiff to quiet her title to a certain lot of land, situate in the city of Oakland, of which she claimed to be the owner in fee and which the appealing defendants claim under a sheriff’s deed, made pursuant to a judgment foreclosing a lien of a street assessment levied upon the property. Appellants, answering the plaintiff’s complaint, denied plaintiff’s ownership and affirmatively alleged that defendants Jack M. Silva and Ellen J. Silva, his wife, were the owners of the land and that defendants R. D. Beals and Anson S. Bilger were the owners and holders…