Riverside Land & Irrigating Co. v. Jensen

Citations

• 108 Cal. 146
• 41 P. 40
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 836

Syllabus

<p>Quieting Title—Evidence—Judgment in Prior Action.—In an action to quiet title against the executrix and devisee of a deceased person, the plaintiff may introduce in evidence the judgment-roll in a prior action against the defendant’s testator, quieting his title to the lands in controversy, without specially pleading the judgment.</p> <p>Id.—Adverse Possession—Estoppel.—The effect of the judgment in such prior action was to estop the defendant therein, and those claiming under him, from asserting in the subsequent action a title adverse to the plaintiff anterior to the entry of that judgment.</p>