Legal Opinion
White v. State of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 2, 1971No. Civ. 28156PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
An appeal is taken by the State of California from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs Osborne and Aileen White which quieted title to 38 acres of valuable tidelands of Petaluma River (sometimes called Petaluma Creek). Tidelands are the “land lying between the ordinary high and low tide lines.” (People v. California Fish Co., 166 Cal. 576, 583 [138 P. 79].) The plaintiffs claimed title through a patent issued to their predecessors in interest by the State of California.
I. The Case
At the point where Petaluma River flows over the subject tidelands two or three miles upstream…
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