Fuentes v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California. The nature of the title, and evidence in support of it, are stated and commented on in the opinion of the court, and •need not be repeated.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. .Justice WAYNE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant has come to this court asking for a confirmation of his claim to eleven, leagues of land, called Potrero. The paper under which he claims the land purports to be a grant from Governor Micheltorena. It recites that the land is within the ex-mission of San Jose, bounded on the north by the locality called the Warm Springs, on the south by Palos, on the west by the peak of the hill of the ranchos Tulgeucio Higuera and Chrysostom Galenda, and on the east by the adjoining mountains. It also recites that the Governor had taken all…
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