Signorelli v. Edwards

BURROUGHS, J., pro tem.

This is an action to quiet title. Judgment went for the plaintiff and the defendants W. S. Edwards and J. D. McCabe have appealed.

In the year 1884 a tract of land known as lot No. 142 of the Lompoc rancho, in the county of Santa Barbara, was owned by one Shoultz and one Fisher, as tenants in common. By deeds of exchange Fisher became the sole owner of a part of said lot No. 142 and Shoultz became the sole owner of the balance thereof. A spring of water rises on the portion of the land deeded t.o Fisher, but it had been used for watering cattle kept on the entire tract.…