Ayala v. Dawson

*1321After living for more than a dozen years in a residential unit he claimed he owned, Alfonso Ayala was evicted by the property owner, Randy Dawson, in an unlawful detainer action. Ayala defended by attempting to quash service of summons on the ground he was not a tenant, but instead held equitable title under an oral installment sale contract for the purchase of property. Dawson countered that, in fact, Ayala was a tenant under a written lease, and had breached the lease in various ways, thus justifying his eviction. After an evidentiary hearing on Ayala's motion to quash service, Dawson…