McLean v. Baldwin

HAYNES, C.

Action to quiet title. The plaintiff had findings and judgment in her favor, and defendant Baldwin appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a new trial. Defendant Garvey made default, and Temple entered a disclaimer.

On February 15, 1887, defendant John H. Temple, claiming to be the owner, occupied a parcel of land containing about seventy-six acres (familiarly known as the Temple Homestead), lying partly within the Rancho La Merced, owned by said Baldwin, and partly within the Rancho de Felipe Lugo, owned by said Baldwin and one Richard Garvey, as tenants in common; and…