Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Brown

California Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 1883PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from, an order of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.

Ejectment to recover a strip of land about a foot wide and a hundred feet deep.

The case shows that the land formerly belonged to the plaintiff, as part and parcel of a tract of land one hundred feet wide and one hundred feet deep, situate on the Potrero Nuevo in the city and county of San Francisco. In October, 1870, the plaintiff, being then the owner of the tract, sold to the defendant a lot twenty-five feet wide and one hundred feet deep, off the southern side of the tract. At the time of the sale he pointed out a fence on the southern side as the southern line of the tract. The defendant,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Arrington v. LiscomCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
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  5. Sharp v. BlankenshipCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881

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3Cited by8 opinions

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