Elam v. Arzaga

In this action in ejectment and to quiet title defendant had judgment, from which judgment and the order denying plaintiff’s motion under sections 663 and 663a of the Code of Civil Procedure plaintiff appeals.

The background of this litigation is found in the dealings of plaintiff, an attorney at law, ' with certain Mexicans who had little ability to understand the English language and had little or no ability to understand the significance of the documents and proceedings to which reference is hereinafter made. One Lopez loaned the sum of $65 to one Tapia. When the loan was made to Tapia,…