Stewart v. Powers
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County, The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Haynes, C.
Prior to November 12, 1887, Harriet H: Harding (afterwards the wife of Nathan Powers), and her sister Sarah Harding (afterwards the wife of Aurelius Sharp), each filed pre-emption claims upon certain lands of the United States situate in Contra Costa County, and had applied to the local United States land office to prove up and enter their respective parcels under the pre-emption laws of the United States, and November 15, 1887, was fixed for that purpose. Contests *516against their several rights to enter all or some part of their several claims had been initiated, whereby it became…
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