Wight v. Street

This is an action to quiet title to a parcel of real property in the city of Oakland, California.

The plaintiff, Florence A. Wight, was abandoned by her parents in her infancy, and was adopted by Mintie E. Frisbie (then Mintie Christian). Mintie Christian was divorced from her husband, Fred H. Christian, in 1913, and as a property settlement received the land involved herein, which had on it a three-story frame residence, with two stores on the lower floor. Soon after acquiring it, she executed the following document in her own handwriting:

“Aug. 15, 1913.

“Oakland, Calif. (1423 Grove St.)

“I…