Frick v. Sinon

Citations

• 75 Cal. 337
• 17 P. 439

Syllabus

<p>Adverse Possession—Tenancy in Common—Deed by Co-tenant. — A party in the actual, exclusive, and adverse possession of a tract of land, the legal title to which is held by several persons as tenants in common, by taking a deed of the entire tract from one of the co-tenants and continuing in possession under it does not become a co-tenant with the other holders of the legal title.</p> <p>Id. — Quieting Title—Evidence—Payment of Street Assessment and Insurance. —In an action by the adverse possessor to quiet the title acquired by his adverse possession against the holder of the paper title, evidence is admissible that the plaintiff and her predecessors had paid street assessments and insurance on the premises. Id. — Otter to But Adverse Title. — A title once acquired by adverse possession is not affected by a subsequent offer by the adverse possessor to buy in the paper title.</p>