De Cambra v. Rogers
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. On April 28, 1891, Hannah Rogers and Frank J. Rogers, holders of the legal title to a tract of land in Alameda County, commenced in the Superior Court of that county an action in ejectment against Manuel S. De Cambra and others.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. On April 28, 1891, Hannah Rogers and Frank J. Rogers, holders of the legal title to a tract of land in Alameda County, commenced in the Superior Court of that county an action in ejectment against Manuel S. De Cambra and others. The defendants answered with a general denial, and, as authorized by the practice in California, De Cambra filed a cross complaint in equity, alleging that the plaintiffs had obtained the legal title wrongfully and held it in trust for him, and prayed a decree quieting his title to the land. A demurrer to this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The only question presented arises on the demurrer to the cross complaint. That cross complaint averred that in 1867 De Cambra purchased from one Ilewett Steele the premises in controversy, with other adjoining lands, all of which were enclosed with fences and well-known exterior boundaries; that he entered into actual possession thereof, and has ever since continuously resided thereon; that in'1871 he sold an undivided half interest in the tract to Enos J. Rogers, the husband of Hannah and .the father of Frank J. Rogers ; that at that time the land was supposed tó be'a portion of a Mexican…
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