Baker v. Ramirez

Opinion

FRANSON, Acting P. J.

Statement of the Case

Plaintiff and respondent, Leland H. Baker, filed a complaint against defendants and appellants, Phillip D. Ramirez and Lydia G. Ramirez, to quiet title, for declaratory relief, for an injunction, and for damages based on appellant’s removal of two rows of orange trees from a twenty-foot wide strip of property over which each claimed ownership. Appellants cross-complained against the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (Santa Fe) which had deeded the disputed strip to appellants.

At trial, the court determined that the ownership issue…