Bixby v. Bent
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an interlocutory judgment and from an order amending the same and allowing additional findings of fact, and from the amended interlocutory judgment, and from an order denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, in the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles.
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Appeal from an interlocutory judgment and from an order amending the same and allowing additional findings of fact, and from the amended interlocutory judgment, and from an order denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, in the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles. Hines, J. The original findings and interlocutory decree were filed and entered February 8, 1881. A motion for a new trial was made February 18,1881. A motion to amend the findings and interlocutory decree was made March 4, 1881. The appeal was taken from the original decree February 8, 1881.
1Opinion of the Court
McKee, J.:
Appeal from an interlocutory decree and an order denying the motion for a new trial, in an action for partition of the Rancho Los Palos Verdes, in Los Angeles County, and from an order allowing a modification of the1 decree.
Appellants assert a title as tenants in common with the other parties to the action, derived from the heirs of Santiago Johnson, through what purports to be an act of exchange executed by Johnson and one José Diego Sepulveda, March, 15,1844, whereby the former gave to the latter his right and interest in a ranch called Yucaipa in exchange for the right and…
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