Rideout v. Covillaud

Adverse Possession—Title Based on Written Instrument—Findings Supported by Evidence.—In this action to quiet title, the evidence discloses all the requisites of section 323 and of the proviso of section 325 of the Code of Civil Procedure essential to the establishment by the plaintiff of title to land by adverse possession based upon a written instrument.

Id.—Title of Defendant Barred.—The evidence also shows that the title claimed by defendants was lost by the bar of section 318 of the Code of Civil Procedure long prior to the commencement of the action.

Id.—Land Usually Cultivated or Improved—Meaning of Term.— The requirement of the statute that the land be usually cultivated or improved means that it should be cultivated or improved in the manner or to the extent usual in the case of similar property. If so improved, it is not necessary that it should- be either cultivated or inclosed.