Hidden v. Jordan

Citations

• 57 Cal. 184

Syllabus

<p>Mesne Pboeits—Use and Occupation.—A decree was made directing that the plaintiff pay into Court a sum of money, and that the defendant thereupon make a deed conveying certain land to the plaintiff, and also that he surrender possession thereof. Held, that the plaintiff could maintain an action for mesne profits for the period after said payment during which the defendant refused to surrender possession, although no deed was made pursuant to the decree.</p> <p>Id.—Decebe—Legal Title.—Me. Justice McKinstby, concurring, was of the opinion, that after such payment the decree operated to invest the plaintiff with the legal title.</p>