Legal Opinion

Des Granges v. Des Granges

California Supreme Court

Decided May 7, 1917No. L. A. No. 3732PublishedCited by 19 opinions

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Edwin A. Meserve, Shirley E. Meserve, and Paul H. McPherrin, for Appellant.

1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.

This is an action to quiet the plaintiff’s title to eighty acres of improved .orchard land situated in Orange County. A trial was had before the court sitting without a jury. It was found that on June 11, 1898, Otto des Granges, Sr., the deceased husband of the plaintiff and the father of the three defendants, was the owner of the land; that on that day he made various instruments in contemplation of his death for the purpose of conveying the property, excepting for a small plot reserved as “Mausoleum Premises, ’ ’ in severalty equally to his four children, subject, however, to the provision…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bury v. YoungCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Fiske v. GosbeyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Hecker v. BakerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1912

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Arias v. SpringerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Phillips v. ByersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Stenzel v. KronickCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Knudson v. AdamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
  5. Bognuda v. PearsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925

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