de Racouillat v. Rene
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, First Judicial District, Los Angeles County. The plaintiffs and the defendant Jean Vignes, were the children of Jean Louis Vignes and Jeanne S. Vignes. Their said father and mother were natives of France.
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Appeal from the District Court, First Judicial District, Los Angeles County. The plaintiffs and the defendant Jean Vignes, were the children of Jean Louis Vignes and Jeanne S. Vignes. Their said father and mother were natives of France. Their father emigrated to Los Angeles, California, about the year 1827, but their mother remained in France, where she died in 1843. The said Jean Louis Yignes, after he came to California, but before the death of his said wife, acquired a tract of land in Los Angeles, called “Aliso,” and the plaintiffs claimed to be entitled to one half of the same as heirs…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J.:
This is an appeal by-plaintiffs from a judgment in favor of Rene, in an action to foreclose certain mortgages wherein Rene was made a party as a subsequent purchaser. Whether we regard the suit as an action to enforce a lien under the instrument dated April 13, 1851, claimed to have been executed by Vignes and his children, or to foreclose the mortgage executed by the Sansevains to Vignes, the result, as to Rene, will be the same. The instrument of April 13, 1851, is not under seal, and whether properly executed and acknowledged in other respects or not, was not…
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