Burdell v. Grandi

This is an action of ejectment wherein plaintiff seeks to recover possession of a lot of land in the town of Point Reyes Station in Marin County, for an alleged breach of a condition subsequent imposed in a deed made by plaintiff to the predecessor in title of the defendant.

The court found that in June, 1883, plaintiff was the owner of a tract of land in Marin County, upon which the town of Point Reyes Station now stands, and that upon said date, for the purpose of establishing and building up said town he laid out said tract into blocks and lots and made sales of the latter to individuals;…