Morton v. Sloan

Plaintiff sued to quiet title to certain real property situated in the city and county of San Francisco. Defendant answered, setting up his own title through a tax deed. Judgment went for defendant quieting his title and the plaintiff has appealed on a typewritten transcript.

Plaintiff claimed ownership to the property as heir to the estate of his father, who died June 8, 1912. Defendant claimed under a tax deed executed July 14, 1920, wherein the property was conveyed to him by the tax collector for nonpayment of taxes for the year 1914. This claim of defendant was resisted on the ground that…