Central National Bank v. Bell

The plaintiff, an insolvent national banking association, acting through its duly qualified receiver, brought this action to quiet its title to and recover possession of 8,000 acres of land consisting of town lots and acreage, situated partly in Stanislaus County and partly in Merced County. Some of the answering defendants denied the plaintiff’s title deraigned through sales under deeds of trust, and alleged fraud and conspiracy in the conduct of the sales thereunder. The issues were tried, some before the court with a jury, and the equitable issues by the court without a jury. The court…