Ringwood v. Bradford

McDonough, Chief Justice.

This action was originally begun as an action in unlawful detainer but plaintiffs — respondents here — waived that portion of the complaint praying damages and sought merely to quiet title in themselves to a portion of a lot, of which they are the record owners and upon which a canyon cabin of defendant — appellant here — has stood since 1934. The lower court held that despite the fact that a fence built in 1923, under the direction of plaintiff’s predecessor in interest, was regarded by defendant as representing the true boundary, the doctrine of boundary of…