MacHado v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.

This is a suit to quiet title to a strip of land which was set apart for a public way in a partition proceeding in 1876 but which was never accepted, used or improved for such purpose and was formally vacated and abandoned as a way by the board of supervisors in 1905. From a judgment for the defendants the plaintiffs have prosecuted this appeal.

The facts stand undisputed and the parties differ only as to the legal conclusion to be deduced therefrom. It appears that the strip of land in litigation, containing about 2.6 acres, was originally a part of the Rancho La Ballona in Los Angeles County…