Nelson v. Geiss

MILLER, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in an action to quiet title, refusing to quiet appellant’s title against respondent’s.

On January 2, 1912, Irwin Bechtel and his wife were the owners of certain real property in Los Angeles, California, to which appellant is seeking to quiet his title. On that date the Bechtels mortgaged said property to Michael Geiss for $1,000; this mortgage became due and payable January 2, 1915. In 1914 Geiss disappeared and has never since been heard from. Before his disappearance, however, he left the note and mortgage with the Guaranty Trust…