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Isaac v. Swift

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1858PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. This was an action in equity, brought by plaintiff against the defendant, to remove an alleged cloud upon plaintiff’s title to a lot of land in the city of Sacramento.

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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. This was an action in equity, brought by plaintiff against the defendant, to remove an alleged cloud upon plaintiff’s title to a lot of land in the city of Sacramento. The defendant, in his answer, alleges that a deed from the sheriff of Sacramento county to Allen Cadwalader, and from Cadwalader to plaintiff, to said lot, is a cloud upon defendant’s title thereto, and prays that the same may be delivered up, and canceled. The lot in controversy was originally owned by Hiram Arents, William Arents, and George…

1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.

Terry, C. J., and Field, J., concurring.

This controversy has relation to a lot in Sacramento city, both parties claiming title under Arents and Chedic. Reynolds & Co. obtained judgment against Arents and Chedic on the 11th of October, 1853, upon which execution was issued and levied 4th of October, 1855, and the property sold by the sheriff on the 20th of October, 1855, to the vendor of plaintiff. On the 8th of June, 1854, the defendant, Swift, obtained judgment against Arents and Chedic, upon which execution was issued and levied in February, 1856, and the property sold to defendant by the…

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