Otey v. Carmel Sanitary District

Defendant appeals from a judgment quieting plaintiff’s title to certain beach lands at and near the mouth of the Carmel River in Monterey County. Plaintiff claims title by accession or accretion to the upland while the defendant claims through a legislative grant of tideland. The trial court found in favor of the plaintiff and gave judgment accordingly.

The principal question on this appeal has to do with the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s findings. Section 1014 of the Civil Code declares that “Where, from natural causes, land forms by imperceptible degrees upon the…