WILLARD v. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

Docket No. S.F. 22872.

7 Cal.3d 473 (1972)

498 P.2d 987

102 Cal. Rptr. 739

DONALD E. WILLARD et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, PACIFICA, CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Petty, Andrews, Olsen, Tufts, Jackson & Sander, George A. Andrews, Jr., Richard S. Jensen and Grover Henry Nix III for Defendant and Appellant.

Landels, Ripley & Diamond and Edgar B. Washburn for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

PETERS, J.

In this case we are called upon to decide whether a grantor may, in deeding real property to one person, effectively reserve an interest in the property to another. We hold that in this case such a reservation vests the interest in the third party.

Plaintiffs Donald E. and Jennie C. Willard filed an action to quiet title to a lot in Pacifica against the First Church...

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