Legal Opinion

Goodnow v. Parker

California Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1896No. 18340PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Yolo County and from an order denying a new trial. W. H. Grant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Haynes, C.

Action to compel a conveyance and to quiet title. The land in controversy is within “ block or lot No. 2 of William Gordon's subdivision of the Rancho Canada de Capay, as laid down on the map recorded December 12, 1871, Records of Yolo county, Book M of Deeds, page 2.”

At the time this subdivision was made the grant had not been finally surveyed by the United States, but by such final survey a portion of the lands included in said block 2, as subdivided and platted by Gordon, was excluded from the grant. The precise date of the segregation of the grant does not appear, but from the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hager v. ShindlerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
  2. City of Oakland v. CarpentierCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
  3. Duff v. DuffCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Moore v. MooreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
  5. Smith v. MatthewsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Newport v. HattonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Leeper v. BeltramiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Cox v. SchnerrCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916
  4. J. Bryant Kasey and Maryann Kasey v. Molybdenum Corporation of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  5. Murphy v. CrowleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903

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