Wilcoxson v. Miller
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. Ejectment to recover a tract of land on the south side of the city of Sacramento. The demanded premises were a part of the Rancho New Helvetia, which was granted by Mexico to John A. Sutter.
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Appeal from the District Court, Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. Ejectment to recover a tract of land on the south side of the city of Sacramento. The demanded premises were a part of the Rancho New Helvetia, which was granted by Mexico to John A. Sutter. They had been, along with other lands, divided into ten-acre tracts,. and were numbered 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 59, 60, 68, 69, 74, 77, 78 and 79. The defendants were severally in possession of the lots, each one claiming one or more. The plaintiff recovered judgment against defendants Clark and Sprague for lots 77, 78 and 79,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, J.:
The plaintiffs appear to claim title under two Sheriff’s deeds, which purport to have been executed in pursuance of sales of the premises, as the property of Morton. The first deed was made to the plaintiffs as redemptioners—-they claiming to hold a judgment lien upon the premises, subsequent to the decree of foreclosure under which the sale was made, and they having paid to the Sheriff a sum of money sufficient to effect the redemption.
A judgment becomes a lien upon, real estate from the time it is docketed (Pr. Act, Sec. 204); and it is provided by Section 234 of…
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