Moakley v. Blog

The defendants recovered judgment in a quiet title suit and plaintiffs appeal. The points argued upon this appeal involve the construction of two conveyances, each of which contained exceptions, reservations, or conditions. The first one of these two conveyances was executed by George P. Lyman and others, who for purposes of this case may be considered the original owners. By it said Lyman and others conveyed out of their holdings on October 21, 1899, a strip of land to the Los Angeles Pacific Railway Company. This conveyance “granted, bargained, sold, conveyed and confirmed” to the railway…