Wood v. Brady
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME • COURT OE THE STATE OE CALIFORNIA. Motion to- dismiss, or affirm. This .action was originally begun by Brady in the Superior Court of San Francisco against a number of defendants, including Wood, and Diggins, •the plaintiffs in error, to quiet.his title to two lots of land, in which it was averred that defendants claimed an interest adverse to the plaintiff.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME • COURT OE THE STATE OE CALIFORNIA. Motion to- dismiss, or affirm. This .action was originally begun by Brady in the Superior Court of San Francisco against a number of defendants, including Wood, and Diggins, •the plaintiffs in error, to quiet.his title to two lots of land, in which it was averred that defendants claimed an interest adverse to the plaintiff. Both parties claimed title under certain assessments for. street improvements and sales under proceedings' to foreclose 'liens for such assessments. The assessments under which plaintiff claimed were prior in point…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brown,
after stating the case, delivered the. opinion of the court.
In this case the Chief Justice of California has certified that the defendants insisted that the judgments under which they claimed title, were valid when the assessments were made and judgments thereon rendered, and that the extensions of time granted to do the work mentioned'in said contracts were valid and binding under the decisions of the Supreme Court when said judgments were rendered, and that said judgments and assessments could not be impaired by a. subsequent judicial construction of the law holding such…
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