Stoner v. Laidley

This is an action to quiet title to four parcels of real property in Bakersfield. The defendant Ella Stark Stoner is the mother of the plaintiff, and will be referred to as the defendant. L. K. Stoner is his brother, the defendant Viola S. Laidley is his sister, and the defendant Mary Ella Lenahan is his niece, the daughter of Mrs. Laidley. Mrs. Laidley’s husband was a lawyer.

The four parcels, which are referred to as the “cottage property,” the “home property,” the “store property” and the “other property” were formerly owned by the defendant. She conveyed the “cottage property” to the…