Nutting v. Herman Timber Co.

Cross-appeals are involved. Defendant, Herman Timber Company, a corporation, appeals from a decree quieting plaintiff’s title to an interest in real property and in timber thereon. Plaintiff appeals from an order deny^ ing plaintiff’s motion for permission to file, tardily, a cost bill. We will discuss the appeals in the order stated.

The real property, title to an interest in which was quieted, is a 40-acre parcel in Placer County, California. It is surrounded by a 1,400-acre parcel admittedly owned by defendant. Plaintiff traced his interest in said 40-acre tract by mesne conveyances from an…