De Laveaga v. Williams
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of California
[Suit in equity by Miguel A. De Laveaga. against Thomas H. Williams and others.] This case came before the court on a plea of abatement to the jurisdiction of the court
1Opinion of the Court
FIELD, Circuit Justice.
This is a suit in equity, to restrain the defendants from carrying into effect certain proceedings taken by them for the reclamation of swamp and overflowed lands in San Joaquin county.
The complainant is a subject of the king of Spain, and claims to be the owner. of an undivided fourth interest in a portion of these lands under a deed executed in August, 1877, by Henry M. Naglee. who then held the entire estate. The deed recites a consideration of one dollar, but the evidence of the complainant shows that no consideration was ever paid, and that the deed was executed to…
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