Wali v. Travis
Filed 7/6/06 Wali v. Travis CA1/5
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FIVE
| CANDACE R. WALI, as Administrator, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ELLIS D. TRAVIS, Defendant and Appellant. |
A107543
(Contra Costa County Super. Ct. No. C02-02893)
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The trial court quieted title to real property in the plaintiff and ruled that the defendant and cross-complainant had a monetary lien on the property. The court directed the parties to make an accounting to determine the amount of the lien. Both parties appealed. We dismiss the appeals because the order was not a final, appealable order and we thus lack jurisdiction.
Factual & Procedural Background
The name Ellis D. Travis (Travis) is on the title to the property known as 110 Easy Street in Knightsen, California. Candace R. Wali, administrator of the estate of Travis's brother, Clarence Romalice Travis (Estate), filed a quiet title action to establish that the property in fact belongs to the Estate. Travis filed a cross-complaint to establish his ownership of the property. After a bench trial, the court found that the property belonged to the Estate, subject to Travis's lien in the amount of funds he had loaned to his brother before his brother's death and funds Travis had spent to pay the mortgage, property taxes and homeowner's insurance on the property. The court rejected the Estate's specific requests for deduction but did not determine the amount of the lien. Instead, the court ordered Travis and the Estate to â€
