California Court of Appeal

In a probate action seeking to quiet title to a house and obtain other relief against persons whose interests stemmed from a forged deed, the trial court's denial of the petition is affirmed, where under the doctrine of unclean hands and the allied statutory maxim codified at Civil Code section 3543, the petitioner could not attack the deed, since he wrongfully sought to control the house by filing a defective mechanic's lien, filing a baseless quiet title action for his own benefit, and renting the property for his own benefit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2012
• Published 05/10/2012

Judges

• Duarte

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jaime Vincent Raba, Michael T. Fogarty