Borchard v. Eastwood

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 736
• 65 P. 1047
• 1901 Cal. LEXIS 1255

Syllabus

<p>Deeds—Description.—Where, in a Deed, Land is Described as commencing at the Corner of certain sections “in the Chapman tract in the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana in the county of Orange,” the description is sufficient, though the township and range are not stated.</p> <p>Deed—Description—Mistake.—Where, in a Deed, the Land is fully and correctly described, except the number of the township is given as “45” instead of “4,” and the land can be identified by the rest of the description, such mistake will not vitiate the conveyance.1</p> <p>Deed—Description.—Where the Description in a Deed is all “the lands owned by the grantor” in a certain county, with certain exceptions, it is sufficient to convey all his lands in such county not included within the exceptions.</p> <p>Boundary.—Statements of a Former Owner of Land, and his acts in putting in stakes on an alleged boundary line, are unavailing to establish the boundary, where the adjoining owner was not present, nor had any knowledge of such acts.</p>