Latham v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. The action was brought by the plaintiff against the city of Los Angeles and one L. M. Bigelow, to quiet title to certain land in the city of Los Angeles.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. The action was brought by the plaintiff against the city of Los Angeles and one L. M. Bigelow, to quiet title to certain land in the city of Los Angeles. By a stipulation filed in the lower court, the only portion of the property described in the complaint of which the title was litigated was a lot known as the “ engine-house lot,” to 'which the plaintiff claimed title under a grant from the former pueblo. The acts and documents of the pueblo authorities upon which the plaintiff based…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Haven, J.
This is an action by the plaintiff, Latham, against the defendants, the City of Los Angeles and one L. M. Bigelow, to quiet title to certain tracts of land in the city of Los Angeles, but by stipulation between the plaintiff and the said city — filed in the court below — the only portion of the property described in the complaint now in litigation is the lot known as the engine-house lot.
There was also a stipulation entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant Bigelow, by which it was agreed, in. addition to other matters, that the plaintiff and said Bigelow were u equally interested,…
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