Kowalsky v. Kimberlin

Appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant Barlow.

Plaintiff sued to quiet his title to a half interest in section 5, township 26 south, range 26 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, in Kern County. According to the allegations of the amended complaint this half interest was acquired in 1888, when Henry I. Kowalsky furnished one-half of the purchase price to his brother, Joseph N. Kowalsky, who bought the land from the Southern Pacific Company, the grantee of the United States government. Joseph took the title in his own name and held it until 1910 when he sold and deeded the property to…