More v. Steinbach
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The case as stated by the court was as follows : This is a suit in equity to determine the adverse claims of the defendants below, appellants here, to certain lands in the county of Yentura, in the State of California. One of the plaintiffs, Rudolph Steinbach, is an alien and a subject of the Emperor of Germany. The other plaintiff, Horace ~W. Carpentier, is a citizen of the State of New York.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The case as stated by the court was as follows : This is a suit in equity to determine the adverse claims of the defendants below, appellants here, to certain lands in the county of Yentura, in the State of California. One of the plaintiffs, Rudolph Steinbach, is an alien and a subject of the Emperor of Germany. The other plaintiff, Horace ~W. Carpentier, is a citizen of the State of New York. The defendants are all citizens of the State of California. In their complaint the plaintiffs allege that they are the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The question presented for determination in this case relates, to the effect of proceedings taken under the act of March 3,. 1851, to ascertain and settle private land claims in California, upon the claims of parties holding concessions of lands in that State under the Spanish or the Mexican government. By the cession of California to the United States, the rights of the inhabitants to their property were not affected. They remained as before. Political jurisdiction and sovereignty over the territory and public property alone passed to the United States. United States v. Percheman, 7 Pet. 51,…
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