Buckley v. Mohr

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 321
• 58 P. 261
• 1899 Cal. LEXIS 1158

Syllabus

<p>Boundaries—Maps of Different Additions to City.—Where plaintiff in ejectment claims land under the official map of a certain addition to a city, and defendant claims under the official map of an adjoining addition, and it is stipulated that the map under which defendant claims is the official map of that addition, and that under it defendant has shown title to the land in controversy, and the evidence shows that such map is the one under which both parties have acted, it will be considered as the controlling map by which to locate the line between the' two additions.</p> <p>Adverse Possession.—Where Plaintiff in Ejectment Claims the West twenty-five feet of a certain lot on which a building is located, and the land in controversy consists of a certain number of feet off the east side of said strip of twenty-five feet, and the evidence shows that plaintiff and her grantors supposed they had located the building as far east as they claimed possession, and made no claim of possession to any land east of the building until after defendant inclosed the same, plaintiff cannot claim constructive adverse possession to the land east of said building.</p>