Peabody v. Prince

The complaint is ejectment in the usual form. The defendant pleaded, by way of cross-complaint, in substance, that the.lands in controversy were properly listed, and on or about .March 1, 1869, relinquished and certified over to the state of California by the United States as lieu lands; that on the twenty-first day of March, 1870, the plaintiff .made application to purchase the same from the state,-which application was approved by the surveyor-general February 12,1872; that plaintiff paid to the county treasurer of the proper county the amount required by law to be paid on the land, but did…