Connolly v. Lake County Canning Co.

Appellant, as the owner of an undivided one-fifteenth interest in an acre of land in Mendocino County, brought this suit to quiet title thereto, and to require respondents, who were occupying said land, to account for the proceeds derived from its use. Respondents filed a cross-complaint for specific performance, alleging in substance that during the year 1916 respondent Lake County Canning Company entered into possession of said land under a written lease granted by plaintiff and his co-owners, and by the same instrument was given an option to purchase the land at any time prior to April 1,…