Davis v. Davis
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The facts aye stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Currey, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought to recover a certain fifty-vara lot of land in the City of San Francisco. The action was commenced by filing a complaint in the usual form, in July, 1863. The defendant by her answer controverted the material allegations of the complaint, and as an affirmative defense, pleaded the Statute of Limitations, and also an estoppel in pais, arising from the conduct and declarations of the Honorable David C. Broderick, from whom the plaintiff claimed to derive his title to the demanded premises, of which it is alleged the plaintiff had…
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