Graff v. Middleton
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. This was an action to quiet the title to a tract of land in San Francisco, being a portion of the pueblo lands confirmed to said city.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. This was an action to quiet the title to a tract of land in San Francisco, being a portion of the pueblo lands confirmed to said city. The tract in controversy was granted to William Chandler, by the Alcalde of the pueblo, on the 30th day of December, 1848. Said Chandler, in 1849, conveyed the land by a deed of bargain and sale to Jones and McCormick, and their title passed by sundry mesne conveyances-to the defendants. On the 29th day of November, 1853, said Chandler executed to Arthur…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Belcher, J.:
This is an action to quiet the title to certain real property in the City of San Francisco. Both parties claim under one William Chandler, who, it is admitted, became the owner of the premises in fee in December, 1848.
There can be no doubt that Eggleso purchased of Chandler in good faith and for a valuable consideration, for it is admitted that he paid thrée thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for the property, and took his deed without notice, actual or constructive, of any prior deed or other defect in the title. It is manifest that he supposed he was…
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