Legal Opinion
De La Guerra v. City of Santa Barbara
California Supreme Court
Decided July 9, 1897No. L. A. No. 148PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara County and from an order denying a new trial. W. B. Cope, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Ejectment for a lot of land in the city of Santa Barbara. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed. The land in question is a portion of the pueblo lands of Santa Barbara which were patented by the United States to the mayor and common council of the city of Santa Barbara, May 31, 1872. The plaintiff’s right of recovery depends upon the validity of a grant claimed to have been made to her predecessor November 10, 1849. The court finds in reference to this grant:
“ III. That on the fifteenth day of January, A. D., 1868, a document in the Spanish language…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Botiller v. DominguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- More v. SteinbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Leese v. ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
- Ohm v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
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- People v. PeeryCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1914