Lewis v. Johns
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fifteenth Judicial District, Tehama County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sanderson, C. J.
William G-. Chard—the father of Anita Lewis and Joseph W. Chard, the first being a married woman, and the latter a minor, plaintiffs and appellants in this case—in consideration of natural love and affection, conveyed to his said children the tract of land described in the complaint, in December, 1860. After the conveyance, Anita Lewis, and her husband, E. J. Lewis, moved upon the land in question, and resided on it from that time until the commission of the trespass alleged in the complaint, cultivating and farming the same. In 1862, a crop of wheat was raised…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- George v. RansomCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
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