Meroux v. Weber

Citations

• 53 Cal. 129
• 1878 Cal. LEXIS 95

Syllabus

<p>Vendor’s Lien —Title by Succession—In 1854, Weber sold certain lands in San Joaquin County to Meroux, who paid part of the purchase-price and gave his note for the balance. In 1858, Meroux died intestate, leaving a widow and two sons aged three and five years respectively. The estate was never administered upon. A year afterwards Weber, in an action against the widow and the children, the latter appearing by their guardian ad litem, obtained a decree of the District Court enforcing a vendor’s lien upon the land, in pursuance of which the land was subsequently sold to Weber : held, that the decree, so far as it affected the title of the children by succession, was valid, and they could not, after attaining majority, maintain ejectment for the land.</p>