Snodgrass v. Errengy

Respondent, as plaintiff in the court below, obtained judgment against defendants, including appellant herein, quieting her title to an acreage of land in Los Angeles County. Appellant’s answer denied respondent’s title and asserted title to a strip of land along respondent’s southern boundary. This strip is about 36 feet wide and contains about 1.10 acres. Appellant’s claim of title is based upon a tax deed. Respondent claims title by adverse possession.

The original source of respondent’s title, as well as of the title of whoever owned the property immediately to the south of her land, was a…