City of Santa Cruz v. Southern Pac. R.R.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County and from an order refusing a new trial. Lucas F. Smith, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
This is an appeal by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Southern Pacific Company, defendants herein, from the judgment for plaintiff and from an order refusing a new trial.
The complaint on its face states a cause of action to quiet title to a tract of land in the city of Santa Cruz, forty feet wide and three hundred and ninety feet long, comprising all of the wharf, known as the railroad wharf, at x Santa Cruz, except the part which extends into Monterey Bay beyond the line of ordinary low tide. About one-half of the tract in length, is known as upland and lies above ordinary high…
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