Ely v. New Mexico & Arizona Railroad
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a Judgment of the District Court of the First Judicial District in and for the County of Pima. Wm. H. Barnes, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, 0. J.
This was a suit in equity to quiet title. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the owner in fee of all the land described in the complaint, but does not allege that he is in possession; nor does it aver that he is entitled to possession, or ash that possession be awarded him. The land is described as a Mexican land grant, called the “Rancho San Jóse de Sonoita,” and situated in the Sonoita valley, county of Pima, territory of Arizona, and that it was granted by the Mexican authorities to one Leon Herreras on the 15th day of May, 1825. The complaint further describes the…
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