Wilson v. California Bank

This is an action to quiet title to a certain lot of land. Judgment went in the court below for plaintiff, and defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

The plaintiff claims title to the lot through a sale made pursuant to a judgment enforcing a lien for an assessment for street improvements upon the lot. On November 22, 1887, one Burlingame was the owner of the lot in question, and on that day executed a deed conveying the lot to the present defendant, the California Bank, which deed was on said day duly recorded. Afterward, and while the record…