Lachman v. Clark
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourteenth District. Demurrer to the complaint being overruled, an answer was put in, jury waived, and the cause tried by the Court. After plaintiffs' closed, their case resting on a tax deed, defendant moved for a nonsuit, on the ground, among others, that the deed offered by plaintiffs,' and under which they claim title to the promises in controversy, was- insufficient to pass the title, and void.
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Appeal from the Fourteenth District. Demurrer to the complaint being overruled, an answer was put in, jury waived, and the cause tried by the Court. After plaintiffs' closed, their case resting on a tax deed, defendant moved for a nonsuit, on the ground, among others, that the deed offered by plaintiffs,' and under which they claim title to the promises in controversy, was- insufficient to pass the title, and void. The question being reserved by the Court for final decision, the motion was overruled. Subsequently, the Court gave judgment for defendant, on the ground of insufficiency in the…
1Opinion of the CourtCope, J.
This is an action to recover possession of a tract of land claimed by the plaintiffs under a tax deed executed to them by the Sheriff of Nevada County. The property is described in the deed, as also in the assessment roll, as a ranch commonly known as “ Clark’s Ranch,” situated on the Auburn Road, two miles south of Grass Valley, in Nevada County, and assessed to Joseph Clark, the defendant in this suit.
Section 4th of the Revenue Act requires that land outside of a ci£y or incorporated town shall be described in the tax list or assessment roll by giving its metes and bounds, the number of…
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