Wassel v. Black

This is an appeal from a judgment in a quiet title action. Both parties claim under deeds from the same grantor and the disputed property is a strip between the properties admittedly owned by the parties, which is 67 feet wide and contains 2.675 acres.

Mr. and Mrs. Caffey owned the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of a certain section in the Coachella Valley. This is what is known as a “short quarter,” containing 34.65 acres instead of the normal 40 acres. On January 3, 1947, the defendants agreed to purchase the easterly 20 acres of *218this parcel, the deal being handled through the…