Hagar v. Spect

Citations

• 48 Cal. 406
• 1874 Cal. LEXIS 166

Syllabus

<p>Limitation of Actions.—The Statute of Limitations in relation to land claimed under a Mexican grant which requires confirmation does not commence running until a patent is issued by the United States.</p> <p>Idem.—A possession, in order to confer a title to land under the Statute of Limitations, must bo continuous for the full period of five years.</p> <p>Oefeking Deed in Evidence.—If a deed of a tract of land contains a clause excepting from its operation such portions of the tract as had previously been conveyed by the grantor, the grantee, in ejectment to recover a parcel of the tract, may introduce it in evidence, without previously proving that the premises in controversy had not been conveyed by the grantor when the deed was given.</p>