Legal Opinion

Schwerdtle v. County of Placer

California Supreme Court

Decided August 27, 1895No. 18436PublishedCited by 52 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Placer County. Matt. F. Johnson, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.

Appeal from the judgment alone. Action to quiet title to a strip of land, and to restrain defendant Clines from committing threatened acts of trespass upon the property. The land in dispute is claimed by the county as a public highway, and Clines is one of its road overseers. The defendant county pleaded “ that for more than twenty years last past prior to the filing of the complaint that certain piece of road .... known as the ‘ Dotan’s Bar and Carrolton road,’ as it ran through and across the lands described in plaintiff’s complaint, was and is now a public highway, known, recognized, and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Town of San Leandro v. Le BretonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
  2. McRose v. BottyerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Smith v. City of San Luis ObispoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Commonwealth v. CoupeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
  5. Huffman v. HallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by52 opinions

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  4. People v. SayigCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
  5. Western Aggregates, Inc. v. County of YubaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002

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