Joyce v. McAvoy
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. Plaintiff recovered judgment in the Court below, and defendants appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J.:
This is an action to recover a lot in San Francisco. On the 27th day of January, 1847, one John Joyce, father of the plaintiff, became the owner in fee of the premises in controversy by virtue of a grant made by Alcalde Bartlett. At that time, Joyce was a married man, living with his family, consisting of a wife, Caroline A. Joyce, and two infant daughters, Augusta Joyce, the plaintiff, and Helen Frances Joyce. In March, 1851, Joyce ahd wife conveyed the fifty-vara lot, of which the said premises are a part, to one E. V. Joyce, upon a consideration of six thousand…
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