Cucamonga Fruit-Land Co. v. Moir

— Ejectment. The complaint is in the ordinary form. The answer specifically denies plaintiff’s ownership, and that the defendant wrongfully or unlawfully entered into or withholds possession of the *109premises. Plaintiff claims title under a patent of the United States and a certificate of purchase from the state of California. Defendant contends that the patent is void, because the United States had no title, the land having been listed to the state in 1870, and confirmed by Congress; that the certificate of purchase issued to Mullan, defendant’s grantor, is void, because the state never had…