Mott v. Smith
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Tenth District. Ejectment to recover a tract of land in Tuba county, forming, as plaintiffs claim, part of Johnson’s ranch. Plaintiffs are husband and wife, and claim under a patent from the United States to one William Johnson. Verdict for plaintiffs; judgment accordingly, and defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
Baldwin, J. and Cope, J. concurring.
On the trial of this action, the plaintiffs gave in evidence a patent of the United States for a tract of land situated in the county of Tuba, *547embracing the premises in controversy, issued to one William Johnson, bearing date of the third day of August, 1857. This patent recites that, on the eighth of March, 1852, the patentee, under the provisions of the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1851, presented his petition to the Board of Land Commissioners for the confirmation of his title to the tract known as “ Johnson’s Rancho,” containing five leagues, situated…
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