105 Cal. 431 | Cal. | 1895
This is an action in ejectment, the land in controversy consisting of a strip ten feet by twenty-five feet. Both parties claim through deeds from Ottinger and Brooks. The deed to respondent and the deed to the predecessor of appellant Margaret were each dated and acknowledged September 30, 1862. Respondent and appellant bought their respective lots at an auction sale, and the particular tract in dispute is included in both deeds. Ottinger and Brooks were the owners of one hundred vara lot No.. 149, situated at the corner of Second and Townsend streets in San Francisco, and for the purpose of selling the same to
Under the foregoing circumstances the contradiction of the descriptions in appellants’ deed must be resolved in favor of the description which refers to the official plat or map. Appellant’s predecessor purchased subdivision 22 of a certain tract of land as shown by the official map. He bought at public auction with the map before him, and it is clearly evident that the description by courses and distances was intended to describe subdivision 22. If a party purchases a certain numbered block of land according to the official map of the city, and his purchase is also described in the deed, a further description of the block by metes and bounds, or courses and distances, would be subordinate to the description
We might further suggest, if other grounds were necessary to sustain the judgment, that the acts of the respondent in and about the premises in the exercise of his possession are strongly indicative of the creation of a title by prescription; but we do not find it necessary to enter into a discussion of that question in detail.
The order denying the motion for a new trial is affirmed.