Nidever v. Ayers
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Ventura County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Foote, C.
— The complaint in this case, in one aspect, might be called a complaint in an action to quiet title. Upon that theory, the evidence showing that the legal title was in the defendant, no right of recovery would accrue to the plaintiff. (Von Drachenfels v. Doolittle, 77 Cal. 205.) But possibly it might be construed as a complaint for a conveyance of the legal title, and inasmuch as we have reached the conclusion that the judgment in favor of the defendant should be affirmed, we have examined the merits of the case.
*40The complaint alleges that one George Nidever, the father of the…
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