Hilton v. Young

Hayne, C.

This is an action to quiet title. One Vanderhoof had a contract with the Central Pacific Railroad Company for the purchase of certain land. He paid twenty per cent of the price, and the interest on the balance for one year. While the legal title remained in the company, “for a valuable consideration, he granted and conveyed in fee-simple to the defendant, Mary M. Young, a part of said lands, the same being the premises in dispute in this action.” This deed transferred to the defendant the right of Vanderhoof to a conveyance from the company of the tract in controversy, and to that…