Sanchez v. Neary
Sanchez v. Neary
Opinion of the Court
The Court below erred in granting a nonsuit in this case. The action is to recover a lot in Sacramento City, and the plaintiff deraigns his title through mesne conveyances from John A. Sutter, to whom the premises were granted by the Mexican Government, and to whom they have been confirmed and patented by the Government of the United States. That the deed of the 14th October, 1848, from Sutter to his son, includes the site of the City of Sacramento, was decided by this Court in Mayo v. Mazeaux, 38 Cal. 442, and we see no reason to question the correctness of that decision. If the defendants intended to rely, in their motion for a nonsuit, on the ground that the deed from Sutter, Jr., to Brannan does not include the Locus in quo, they should have distinctly so stated at the time. The grounds of the motion, as shown by the transcript, were: First, that the plaintiff had failed to show the title to the demanded premises to be in himself; second, that he had failed to show that said premises are included in any of the deeds offered in evidence, or in the
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial.
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- BERNARDINO SANCHEZ v. MICHAEL NEARYs.
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- Deed from Sutter to Sutter, Jr.—The deed of the 14th day of Octoher, 1848, from John A. Sutter to his son John A. Sutter, Jr., and recorded in Book “ C ” of deeds, in the office of the County Eecorder of the County of Sacramento, includes the site of the City of Sacramento. Motion for Nonsuit. — If the defendant in ejectment moves for a non-suit, and intends to rely on the point, that a deed offered in evidence by the plaintiff, and which was admitted without objection, does not include the demanded premises, he should distinctly so state in his motion. Presumption that a Deed contains Demanded Premises.—In ejectment to recover lot number five, in the square bounded by L and M and Fourth and Fifth streets, in the City of Sacramento, if the plaintiff offers in evidence a deed, conveying the south half of sixteen blocks, between Fourth and Eighth and M and I streets, in the City of Sacramento, excepting lots six and eight, between Fourth and Fifth streets and J and K streets, and lots five and eight, between Fourth and Fifth and K and L streets, and lot eight, between Fourth and Fifth and L and M streets, and lots seven and eight, between Fourth and Fifth and I and J streets—the lots conveyed being fifty-eight in number—there is enough on the face of the deed to raise the presumption that it includes the lot sued for, without other evidence.