Midstate Oil Co. v. Ocean Shore Railroad Co.

WARNE, P. J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a judgment quieting plaintiff’s title to a strip of land sixty feet in width and running on a curve for approximately a mile through a tract of land owned by the respondent. Said strip of land was formerly a part of said tract of land. The lands are situate in San Mateo County and said strip of land was formerly used by appellant for a roadbed for its railroad. Both the appellant and the respondent claim title in fee simple to the property under mesne conveyances from Henry J. F. Butts, Herman F. J. Butts, and Annie S. K. Butts.

The cause was…