MACHADO v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO.

Docket No. B046980.

233 Cal.App.3d 347 (1991)

284 Cal. Rptr. 560

MARY LOUISE MACHADO et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

August 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burton Danziger for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

William H. Pohle, Jr., Michael R. Stetson and Howard B. Miller for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

GRIGNON, J.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether a deed executed in 1895 by appellants' ancestor in favor of respondent's predecessor in interest constitutes a grant of land in fee simple or merely the conveyance of an easement for the operation of a railroad. If the conveyance was of an easement only, we are also asked to determine whether respondent acquired fee...

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