Booth v. Hoskins

Belcher, C. C.

—The plaintiffs commenced this action on the twenty-ninth day of July, 1885, to quiet their title to a quarter-section of land in Placer County. By his answer, the defendant denied that the plaintiffs, or either of them, had owned the land in question since the thirteenth day of July, 1878, admitted that he claimed to own it, and by way of cross-complaint al*272leged that, on the thirteenth day of July, 1878, the plaintiff Booth was the sole owner of the land, and on that day, for and in consideration of the sum of $408, gold coin, paid to him by defendant, executed and delivered to…