Opinion

Escondido High School District v. Escondido Seminary of University of Southern California

  • 130 Cal. 128
  • 62 P. 401
  • 1900 Cal. LEXIS 801
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Sep 27, 1900
Status
Published
Author
Temple
On the bench
Temple
Cited by
9 cases

The opinion

TEMPLE, J., concurring.

I concur in the judgment solely on the ground that, in my opinion, the Escondido Seminary of the University of Southern California was never the owner of the property, and has no interest in this controversy. All parties derive title from the Escondido Land and Town Company, which conveyed many lots and blocks by number to certain trustees. Block 340, the property involved here, was not thus conveyed, nor was it mentioned in the granting portion of the deed. In the clause following the

habendum,

in declaring the purposes of the trust, the trustees are directed to sell all the property, save and except block 340, "known as college grounds, .... which shall be reserved as the seat or campus for said seminary,” unless it shall become expedient to erect the buildings on adjacent property. The campus “may be conveyed” to the regents, in trust, for a campus. It is clear that tins property did not pass-by the deed, and had it been included, the trust, as to it, would have been a mere trust to convey, which is void. (Civ. Code, sec. 857.)

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