Gerbracht v. Obersmith
Gerbracht v. Obersmith
Opinion of the Court
Della G. Gerbracht and Rolf L. Meuer, substituted as plaintiffs for Methodist Leaders Lodge, sued Kathryn Obersmith and others to quiet title'to two city lots. Defendant Obersmith filed a cross-complaint against plaintiffs and others to quiet title. Among other defenses to the cross-complaint of Obersmith, the answers of the cross-defendants alleged title by prescription. Obersmith, by answer and cross-complaint, pleaded in abatement of the present action the pendency of a former action which remained undetermined.
The findings support the judgment. They not only establish that plaintiffs’ predecessors acquired title from Mrs. Anderson by deed which was superior to the deed to Obersmith but they also show a good prescriptive title in plaintiffs.
Appellant argues that there was no evidence that there was a delivery of the deed of Mrs. Anderson to Leavitt. A grant duly executed is presumed to have been delivered at its date. (Civ. Code, § 1055.) In her briefs appellant makes no attack upon the finding that she received her deed from Mrs. Anderson with notice of the prior deed to Leavitt. Neither does she question the finding of facts which would establish a prescriptive title in plaintiffs, nor does she make any reference to the evidence upon that issue. We must accept the findings as conclusive as to the material facts.
Although it was alleged in the cross-complaint of Obersmith that an action to quiet title was instituted against her in 1939 by one of plaintiffs ’ predecessors and that the action was still pending, the cross-complaint did not pray for an abatement of the present action but, upon the contrary,
The judgment and the order appealed from are affirmed. The attempted appeal from an order denying motion for a new trial is dismissed.
Wood (Parker), J., and Vallée, J., concurred.
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