Watriss v. Reed

This action was brought to recover possession of a tract of land in Sonoma County. The land is a portion of 640 acres confirmed to General Joseph Hooker as a part of the *135Mexican grant known as the Agua Caliente rancho. On the final survey 550 36—100 acres only were found to be included within the grant, and the respondent made application to purchase the balance of the 640 acres called for by the decree, under the seventh section of the act of Congress of July 23, 1866, popularly known as the Conness Act, which provides that: “ Where persons in good faith, and for a valuable consideration,…