McAlpin v. Smith

MR. JUSTICE FREEBOURN:

This appeal is from a judgment in a quiet title action rendered by the district court of Lake county in favor of plaintiff and respondent R. H. McAlpin and against defendants and appellants Florence Smith, Hope A. Smith, Evelyn C. Smith and Oliver H. Smith, quieting title to certain lands in Lake county in plaintiff and respondent.

The complaint is in the usual quiet title action form. The essential allegations are: That plaintiff is the owner of the lands described in the complaint; that he is in possession of such lands; that defendants assert some claim, right or title…